A girl, her dog and a buttload of snow :)

Lexy begged and begged...and begged some more to go out in the snow so I finally caved.  Her dog (Rex) sat at the door and whined and wimpered so Lexy asked if he could play with her...

They had a fabulous time!

The Great Blizzard of 2011

Yep it happened!  We woke up to snow yesterday and it continued until after dark, they say we got right around 12 inches.  At times it was coming down/blowing so hard that we couldn't see past the front porch and there are now three and four foot drifts everywhere!  It got so bad that all the businesses around here were closing down including Sonic and we even heard that the big mall up in the city closed for the day.

The kids were out of school again today and Mike stayed home again...thank goodness because it took him forever to uncover our driveway so we could actually get out if we needed to.  Unfortunately there will be no melting for the next couple of days since we still have windchills of below zero :(  I think we are supposed to warm up by Sat. but then there's another chance of snow Sun./Mon.

Lexy just can't stand that there is all this wonderful snow out there and we won't let her go out and play in it (it's just TOO cold)!  So twice already today we've let her go out and get a bowl of snow to play with on the table and she's loving it!  I also made snow cream for the girls for the first time ever, it was really good!

Eating Snow Cream...YUM!

Our 12 inches

Drifts behind the cars

Lexy's dogs in the snow :)

Just got word that there's no school again tomorrow.  All the kids on facebook are agreeing with the moms...enough is enough already, they want to go back to school! :)

Snow & Sickies

Well the girls have a snow day tomorrow and there is no snow....YET!  The weather people are saying we are going to get 12+ inches by tomorrow night.  I have mixed feeling about that...I'm kinda ready for winter to be done, I'm sick of the cold/snow/drearyness BUT my girls have never seen 12+ inches of snow!  So I suppose as long as we can stay in the warm house and watch the snow from there I'm good with it :) 

As for the sickies, Lexy got us started when she woke up Friday with a fever :(  The doctor wasn't sure if she had the beginnings of a sinus infection/virus/strep throat but put her on antibiotics.  She's feeling better except at night when she has a hard time breathing and sometimes sounds like she's coughing up a lung.  I started feeling icky on Sat. and then Mike's icky started on Sun.  Whatever this is it's wiping us out!  So far (knock on wood) Brooke hasn't gotten this but she's avoiding us and taking vitamin c like they're candy.  BUT I have to say I would much rather us have this icky than the other one going around town with the pukes!

Another Snow Day

Yesterday was another snow day for the girls.  Brooke was at a friends house and I just didn't feel like going out in the cold.  Lexy finally got the opportunity to go out and play when Daddy got home and she had a great time!

All the way to school this morning Lexy kept looking out the van window saying "oh man, I wish I could play in that big pile of snow"!  I can see that girl living someplace with lots of snow and being out in it everyday when she grows up!!

Snow Day!

Brooke woke me up this morning telling me that they had a snow day!  Lexy begged all morning to go out so after lunch Brooke headed out for a snowball fight with neighborhood kids and Lexy and I headed out to play!  After we were frozen through we came back in for mint hot chocolate and butterscotch haystacks!