Snow Day #3

This morning I woke up at 4:30am and checked outside. The ground was already white. So I went back to bed, just knowing it was going to be a great morning to sleep in and a fun snow day with the girls. Our local ISD had other plans. They decided that it would be a good day to have everyone venture out into the 4+ inches of snow and therefore making the day a lot more stressful. SO normally I would have just the kept the girls home anyway...but I had to go to work. This was my first day watching the shop while my in-laws are on a buying trip to Europe. If they were still in town, I would have stayed home from the beginning.

But, in the end it all worked out. They cancelled school a little early. I got my kiddos, and we made it home safe. I did have to shovel snow for about 15-20 minutes to get my car in my garage, but I did it and got my workout in for the day! Go me! So we went inside and before you could say "It is great to be home", we were back out in the snow building this:



Here are some other pics from this frigid, snowy, stressful, but oh so beautiful day. It is still snowing almost 20 hours after it started. We are now up to about 9 inches. It is gorgeous! We get a real "for real" snow day tomorrow!

I'm Dreaming of....

A White Christmas! We actually got one, too! I know it is technically Christmas Eve and not the actual day, but it counts in my book. Being from Texas, this is about as close as we are ever going to get!



We had an amazing day with the snow. At times it looked to be brewing a blizzard outside. Snow was blowing everywhere and it came down for most of the day. The girls had a blast. Lauren was a little less afraid of it this time around an actually touched the white stuff. We enjoyed being at home all together. We played games, drank hot cocoa, and just took it easy while watching the outside entertainment.







Later tonight we went to Charlie's Uncle Mark and Aunt Karen's house for our traditional Christmas Eve celebration of brats and beer. Well....there was lots of other stuff to both eat and drink, but that is the tradition. We then did our gift exchange. Sarah and Lauren were very excited about opening presents.




We then came home and got ready for bed quickly, but not before leaving the jolly old elf some midnight snacks. Then it was a quick read of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and then off to bed! Merry Christmas everyone and thanks Santa for the snow! It made this about the most perfect Christmas Eve you can get!

Christmas Spirit

This is what we woke up to today....

Can you believe it? Well, for us here in the Dallas area, it was a little bit of a shock. They weren't even saying we had much of a chance at all. It was beautiful! Sarah loved it and Lauren was unsure.....

This was even more surprising than the snow itself........The kids actually had school!



You have to remember that we live in the part of the country that if it looks cold, flights will be delayed, if we have flurries..the airport shuts down and school is cancelled, if it all out snows..you are held captive in your home until further notice.

I think the only saving grace is that it didn't start snowing until 7am, caught everyone off guard, and there was no time to cancel! I volunteered at Sarah's school today, and let me tell you, the kids were wired!

So this is how we finished our day...

Lauren had her little Christmas show at her daycare. The called it the Carol of Lights. Her little class sang Jingle Bells. She was so darn cute if I may say so myself! What a day to get you into the Christmas spirit!