Snow Day!

Today was absolutely awesome! I normally cringe at the thought of spending all day in the snow because it is oh so very cold, and Annabelle cannot seem to get enough until she sets foot in the door. And, then, "Waaahhhh! My toes! My toes hurt Mommy! Waaahhh! Noooooo! Don't touch them! That makes them hurt more!" And just minutes before I would ask her, "Are you ready to go inside?" "No," she would reply. "I think we need to go inside and warm up for a little while," I replied. "Okay," she would finally agree.

But with 4.5 - 5 inches of snow and ice, let the games begin! We actually measured 4.5 inches when we measured around 4:30 p.m. We apparently set a record with the most amount of snow in metro Atlanta since 1953! How about that? Our first white Christmas since the 1800's and a record amount of snow since the 1950's. We all have celebrated firsts together as a family.

It was so much fun to be a kid again! We sled down the big hill at the top of our street numerous times because the roads were also covered in snow and ice! How much fun is that? And Annabelle tromped her own little self all the way to the top and rode down with us. She wasn't scared at all! I couldn't believe it as there were a few times I thought we were going to knock down a mailbox or two or run head on into a parked car. It is an absolute perfect hill for sledding!

We only saw one vehicle leave our neighborhood today, so the streets were completely empty, so we had no fear of running into a moving vehicle.

Hubby said, "Do you want to move to Minneapolis?" Ummm. Let me think about that for a minute. Nope! He thinks he's all big and bad now since he pretty much lived in Minneapolis back in the fall of 2008. I think he actually believes he knows how to drive in this stuff now.

And we ended the day enjoying homemade snow ice cream with our neighbors at our house followed by homemade chili and homemade pizza at their house. It takes a snow day to finally follow through with that "we need to have you guys over for dinner" when they moved in almost 6 years ago. Too bad they treated first, and we're the ones who made the original offer. We are serving up ham and potato soup at our house tomorrow night for everyone. So much fun!

Sophia napped most of the snow day. But she got her fill when I plopped her down on top of the ice which was on top of the snow. Before that though, she got to watch her sissy, Mommy and Daddy all sled down the big hill.