Snow Day 1 of 2

Yep, in central Texas we have had TWO snow days in less than a week's worth of school!!!  This is unprecedented.....but let's be accurate.  There was no snow involved in these snow days.  Yes, Texans do tend to overreact about freezing precipitation....but ice isn't quite as friendly and sweet as snow.  In fact, there's really nothing nice about ice. (even if it's 3/4 of the word nice...don't let it fool you.)  Anyway, I was thankful to have a spur of the moment vacation day with the kids!  Yes, it's more work and the kids fight a lot, but life is what you decide to make of it....so I chose to have a good time with this boring cold weather issue :) 

We start with the two stooges on the trampoline.  They were making me laugh so hard because they truly were falling all over the place and all over each other and couldn't stop laughing or falling!

All three out to enjoy the sleet that had accumulated on the trampoline (this was really the only major place we could find it.

Sliding for fun on a little slippery spot they found.

 Celebrating a snow day with neighbors!!!

Found some quiet time to read

 

After freezing, it was time for some hot cocoa and whipped cream on top.

Shawn worked on a project that needed fixing.  This coat rack was a gift from me to him for our wedding. (He says he asked for this...I have no idea why, but obviously I obliged.) It has fallen apart over and over and finally it broke completely a few weeks ago.  He took the whole thing apart and completely reworked it and it's perfectly sturdy again! :)

And then he read himself to sleep....this is very typical.  Shawn doesn't need sleeping pills to sleep....just a book.

And we ended the night with warm stew and cornbread.  And since the snow day was on Friday...we got to play all day Saturday too!