In Which Winter Comes Early

I don't remember ever having snow on the ground for nearly a week before Thanksgiving.  I flurry here or there perhaps, but never like this.

It snowed Friday night, and it was quickly apparent that "trace to 1 inch" was turning into 3 or 4. I certainly don't mind.  I love snow.  I love the beauty of it (until two neighbor dogs decided to spend the next evening wrestling over every square foot of my pristine front yard!)  I love the fun and traditions (snow play followed by hot chocolate and snow donuts).  And mostly, I love being snowed in.  Of course, Brian still has to get to work, so it isn't so convenient for him!

I had told the children there was a possibility of snow, and Hallie noticed it first, from her bed, at about 9pm.  She YELLED to alert the rest of us.  Always wanting my children's good memories to outweigh the times I said "no" to harmless fun... I told them they were welcome to dance in the front yard for a few minutes while the snow fell.

 
 
 

 

 
 

The next morning they were up early and couldn't wait to get out there and play.  Here are my girls all dressed up for snow...

 

Seriously??  Yes, I sent them back for sweatshirts and jackets. 

 

Hallie lasted about her usual 7 minutes out there, then came back in "freezing!"  The others lasted longer, but within 30 minutes, they were all back in, ready for hot chocolate (with whipped cream and sprinkles), and waiting for me to finish the homemade donuts (tradition for the first time snow covers the ground each year.)

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

Saturday morning, we had every intention of going to the adoption movie, dropped the baby at a babysitter (a kind friend just 2 blocks away) and got all of 2 more blocks before my husband decided the roads were just too slick and we'd have to skip the movie.  Thankfully, we still had Toy Story 3 waiting at home, that we hadn't gotten to watching yet since it came out on DVD.  So all was not lost, but we were still bummed to have missed the movie.

Lots of hearty winter food this week: beans and rice, chili, homemade chicken noodle soup (with homemade noodles), parmesan pasta with homemade spaghetti, mac and cheese with homemade macaroni, and tonight I'm planning Taco Soup.

I finished my blog 2008 blog book and uploaded it for publishing (FedEx brought it today!  Hooray!)

I'm organizing the dreaded "utility drawer" (among other things) and I'm getting ahead on printing and copying things for our homeschooling that I always seem to scramble on each Sunday night and Monday Morning.  Snow works for me.

 

Comments

[Lora]

Could be that I'm 7 1/2 mos. pregnant, or my super sweet tooth, but I have to have our donut recipe!!! Would you mind posting it? :)

[Kelly]

I let mine run outside when its snowing too. We have even done that at 3:00 in the morning with whomever will wake up. Of course we're in South Carolina now (used to live in Poulsbo) so snow is even LESS frequent than Puget Sound. I LOVE your blog. Thank you for showing that foster care is a good place to adopt - its something I hope to do too.

[Nikki]

We are still waiting for our first snow here in PA. I would love to know how you make those homemade doughnuts! My family would love them, I'm sure!