Snow Days!

Remember when you were in grade school and you would wake up so easily to check and see if your school's name was on the bottom of the TV screen or heard on the radio? Oh man, I sure do!

The recent snow we so generously received is what I would like to call a "child's dream". We got about 8.5 inches of snow at my house and man, it sure did make a beautiful scene! 8.5 inches of snow is like Antarctica when you are a kid! My sister's and I loved going out and making it an adventure to get to the swing set or clubhouse! There was always something about walking threw the perfectly laid snow and looking back to see how big/deep your foot print was. Snow angles, snowmen, ice cycles, sledding, and the snow drifts were hours of entertainment. Until we got our sleds for the year, I remember using my grandma's cookie/pizza sheets and sledding down the hill in her backyard. You would get going so fast on those things!

 After a couple hours when we couldn't feel our hands, toes, or noses, we would go inside and make a huge mess taking off all our wet snowy clothes. Grandma would make us hot chocolate and we would watch a movie. Oh how I miss snow days, especially when I was younger and used the snow during my snow day.

The perfect blanket of snow that sparkles in the sunlight in my front yard is so amazing to look at. A lot of people I know have told me that they would love to move somewhere with warm weather all year around. I totally disagree! The cold air hitting my lungs makes me feel refreshed! One thing I noticed as I am getting older each year, snow just becomes more and more inconvenient and annoying! I mean, my husband clears off my car and the steps for me, but driving in it is so gosh darn nerve racking!! I can drive pretty good in the snow, but others..... oh gosh.

I will never hate snow. It reminds me too much of all the fun times I had with my sisters! And now that I am having a little girl, I will have to excuse to go out and play in it again! I sure hope we keep getting a good snow every year so that kids can have their snow days to make snowmen, sled, drink hot chocolate, and of course, NO SCHOOL!!

I did what I could to get some interesting photos of the snow around my house. Buster loves the snow, so he is yet again on the blog!