Snow Day

 The girls and I had fun playing in the snow. (until the sleet and freezing rain started)

 We took care of the chickens, we played with dogs and made a snowman.

Lucky Snow

 Here in the South we dont get a lot of snow. In the past few days we have gotten about 10 inches! 

Lucky loved eating and playing in the snow!

 He's so cute, and getting so big!

 He's also chewing up everything in site! Like my new shoes, the base boards and more! 

Not sure Ill survive the puppy stage!

 He had a lot of fun in the snow with my girls.

(and the other dogs)

Do you want to build a snowman?

 last year I bought a snowman kit, complete with eyes, carrot nose, hat, scarf buttons and a pipe!

 We never got to use it. I guess pipes arent very popular these days but the Frosty that I remember, had a pipe! My late Uncle Melvin used to smoke a pipe so I didnt mind the pipe so much. (My kids thought it was cool)

 Finally this year, we got enough snow to make a snowman! He would have been larger but the snow was covered in ice and hard to make a snowman out of. In fact, it started sleeting again while we were making Olaf.

 I didnt realize my setting were off on the camera so Im sure they would have been a little better than this but you can still see that hes pretty cute.

 It was the day before Valentines Day when we got our second blast of snow. It started on the 12th in the afternoon and then we got more on the 13th. (bye bye spring break!)

 It was nice to make snow cream, and other goodies during our two day snow storm. 

As I type this its February 15th and alot of snow has melted alreay. Its very windy and within 7 days we should be in the 70s!

Snow Cream

 My friends who grew up where it snows alot have never hear of snow cream!

Here we are, in the south and rarely get a good snow and we get all excited to make it!
(We are all about food!)
The recipe above was taken from another blog but thats how I make it, so Im sharing it!
Check out her blog too! 

Let me know if you make yours a different way!
My dad made it differently when we grew up. He always used flour,egg, sugar, vanilla and a little salt. He cooked it like a custard and then cooled it down. I love it that way too! 

Ive heard of people putting Kool Aid over snow and maple syrup!

What to do when it snows

 I started my picture uploading in the wrong order.... oh well. 

My children are older but these are things you can do when it snows.

I keep our Gingerbread kits handy. We usually get so busy at Christmas we forget about them but its fun to do close to Valentines Day as well! (add in some Valentine candy!)

 My baby girl had a little trouble with her house (above)

 I had trouble with the teens texting while we were supposed to be having some "family time"

 When they were younger I was always prepared to make Valentines cards very early one; That way, if it snowed we could make them in our time cooped up in the house!

 We also make snow cream and home made hot cocoa.

 We don't get a lot of snow here, so when we do, we have to make the best of it. 

Its been so cold (this morning it was 0 degrees) I have to take hot water out to the coop and pour in the watering bucket to melt the ice and give them something to drink! 

I often cook them some oatmeal with cranberries or raisins as an added (warm) treat.

Its Snowing Again

Thunder in Winter = Snow?

 There is an old wives tale that says when it thunders in the winter there will be snow/winter weather within ten days.

 Years ago I wanted to prove that saying wrong. Every time we got thunder in the winter (which is not often) I wrote it on the calendar and paid close attention to it.

 It was RIGHT about 95% of the time! Seriously!

Ten days ago today we had a thunder storm. Seven days after the thunder we woke to a beautiful dusting of snow.

I love snow.I always hope for one good snow day. (Several inches of snow) but we haven,t had that in years.  States up north got more than they have had in years but us down south.... we still are without a decent amount of snow. It was nice to get this much though.