Snow Fun!!

So Dallas got this AWESOME snowstorm a couple weeks ago! We have not EVER seen snow like this here (it's been since the year I was born that we've had such a snowfall in a short time) I think our town got 6-8 inches which is unheard of. But it just snowed and snowed and snowed pretty much straight for an entire day. And we're talking the nice fluffy packable stuff not the wet or icy stuff.

Needless to say we ran our dryer often while playing outside. We'd soak one set of clothes, put them in the dryer and get a new dry set on. We LOVED playing in it!!

Day 1:
Kaitlyn still was able to have school but Sam and Lindsey had fun in the backyard. They loved filling buckets with the snow, making tracks in the backyard and discovering that snow was something you could ball up and throw at the house and Mom won't get mad at you!!

Day 2:

Was finally a "snow day" for Kaitlyn so she had the day off (this was devastating by the way because it was the Friday before Valentines day and therefore the class party and she'd decorated a box and made valentine treats and insisted that since Dad had driven to work, we could make it to her school--I pointed out that she'd be the only one there!!--the snow fun quickly solved any concern though!)Breakfast was an appropriate pancakes and hot chocolate! YUM!!

The kids REALLY wanted to make a snowman....

(This is Kaitlyn's personal attempt at a tiny one in our yard)

I however had never made one and our snow gear definitely left something to be desired as Sam or Linds didn't have matching pairs of gloves and shoes were kind of an issue. I was skeptical of how long we'd last outside if we wanted to make a halfway decent snowman....So I was thankful when my parents called and invited us over for snow play in their large backyard and some lunch! What was better was that they had some extra snow gear (why? I have no idea where my So Cal parents scrounged up so many hats, scarves, mittens and boots) but it was just the thing we needed for an extended play time.We made snow angels, threw snowballs at each other and built FRUITY the long awaited snowman! Thankfully Grandpa and Aunt Summer had had some snowman experience and Uncle Ben is a genius so we got a pretty decent snowman. Lindsey was an expert packer of snow, Sam loved using the shovel (a bit too much--you know him and tools--just like his DAD) and this was the end result:

And the hardworking crew with their masterpiece: