Why I haven't blogged in a while

We got 8, yes, 8, inches of snow down here in the south.  Can you believe it??  Wild, huh?  Anyway, school was out all last week.  With all of our other activities cancelled, I had to come up with some new ways to entertain the masses. 

The first two days we played outside.  After that, it was too cold to really spend much time (with out the appropriate cold-weather gear) in the snow.

Here are some pictures from our first two days of adventures.

I'm dreaming of seeing a white Christmas

We woke up to an amazing sight this Christmas day.  Snow!  Not just a little tiny "dusting", a LOT of snow!  Here in Alabama, its a pretty big deal to get any snow, much less a few inches.

Today, we delayed our gift opening and played in the snow before opening presents.  (we did open stockings and eat breakfast.)  The big kids had a blast.  Isaac, not so much.

He's sick. :(  Poor baby. 

Making a snow man

 making a snowman in the fire pit

our house

"snow" day

On Saturday morning, O came running into our room bright and early (E was supposed to be letting me sleep in since I lost about 5 hrs due to contractions I had the night before. Somehow he ended up sleeping in A's room and A slept until 8!) like always. She leaned over into my face and said, with a big grin on her face, "mommy!! there's snow outside! Real snow!"

As soon as A and sleepy head E woke up, we rushed outside. Here in Alabama, snow doesn't last long (thankfully!) By 10 am, it was pretty much all melted.

E making a snow ball- which he then threw at me.

Our snow man

I have come to the conclusion that snow is still too cold for me. Even if it is only a 1/2 an inch. Yes, I grew up in Michigan. Where it was absolutely frigid. But, there are reasons E and I decided to move down here 5.5 years ago. Its warmer here. :)