As much as I dislike de-icing my car in below zero temperatures, driving in blizzards, and having to deal with coats, hats, and boots all winter long, I have really been missing snow recently. It doesn’t help when I hear news from home about all the snow days off from school. So I decided to take matters into my own hands…

At school, I am currently teaching about the seasons. There are only two seasons in Cambodia: the hot season and the wet season, so the fact that in parts of the States there are 4 seasons is very interesting to my students. Last week we looked at pictures and talked a lot about winter. They loved hearing about snow as they have never seen it in real life. Because of their curiosity and excitement about snow and partially due to my snow snow-sickness, I decided to throw surprise snow day.

I brainstormed some of the most important things that are involved in a snow day and how I could possibly make them happen in Cambodia without actually having the real thing…I came up with building snowmen and enjoying homemade cookies...

I showed the kids how to stretch cotton balls out to make the three different sized circles. They took the assignment and ran with it…they were so creative with the design of their snowmen and the winter scenery.

I made chocolate chunk cookies (using a mix from the store and our kitchen’s little toaster oven) that they enjoyed…all most as much as they enjoyed not having to study for a whole day!

The best part of the day was the unexpected snow ball fight that happened after class. Some extra cotton balls had fallen on the floor and some of the students discovered that if they threw them in front of the fan they would fly all around. We spent a hilarious few minutes throwing cotton balls into each other’s faces and making them float all over the room. It was for sure the closest I’ll get to a snow ball fight this winter!

It’s awesome how God works even the small, fun, and seemingly pointless things to be such huge blessings.