Here We Snow Again....

Only two weeks after the mother of all snows, we got hit with another snowstorm that only brought about 4 inches this time.  Since we were already well accustomed to our snow routine, we were ready to go this go-round.  The kids got caught up on some DVR'd cartoons they had been wanting to see, ate more snowcream, and played with Granna and Grandad, who braved the roads from Gamaliel to our house, only to find that we got more snow than they did.  The closer they got to our house, the worse the roads got.  Needless to say, we were glad they made it safely to our house.

I kept a bedsheet on the floor, directly inside the front door, so that we could shed our layers of snow garb while we were all snowed in again.  Our last huge snowstorm was actually not the best for building snowmen and making snowballs.  This snow, however, was perfect for it.  So we set out to make a really big snowman.

Canaan just had to get in on the snowman building action, too.  Until recently, he had been our child who didn't require any sleep toys at bedtime.  However, at Christmas he got a toy Olaf and fell in love with it.  Now, every night at bedtime, his request is for his "lassie" (blanket) and "Oolaf".  Now those two precious requests totally melt my heart, I'm not gonna lie.  So Canaan has been all about some snowmen lately.  Justin and Cathy got in to a huge snowball fight.  It was hilarious watching the two of them chase each other around the yard, trying to nail each other with snowballs.

We chose to dress our snowman in Scottie attire, since we have a plethora of it in our house.  Next year, I need to buy one of those handy snowman kits that come with the nose, eyes, and mouth.  We were digging for rocks and just having to use a lot of ingenuity towards our snowman's face.

We were so glad that Granna and Grandad got to come over and play in the snow with us.  Making memories with grandparents is always so special.   We had a treat of taco soup and homemade pimento cheese sandwiches when we made it back inside.  I can honestly say that we have totally had our fill of snow for a long time, though.  Not to mention, we have more snow days to make up than Glasgow Independent Schools has ever had to make up.  But although the dreadful mess of wet clothes, boots, socks, mittens, coats, and hats drives the neat-freak in me CRAZY......my kiddos have had a ball and that does make it all worthwhile.