A Winter Wonderland!

Before I show you the pictures our our beautiful snow, I must explain about snow in Mississippi. It rarely snows here. Usually we get a dusting once or twice a year, so when it does snow, it is a BIG DEAL! The days preceding the big event are filled with anticipation, frequent weather checks, trips to the grocery store to "stock up", and general excitement. Our temperatures had been at or below freezing for a few days prior to this snow, so the snow stuck to the ground instead of melting a couple of hours later. In fact, everything is still white, two days later. And, as I am typing this, it is snowing again! It is so beautiful!

The area schools were out Thursday and some were still out yesterday. The icy roads and bridges are dangerous, and since our temperatures are still not rising out of the twenties, there is no sign of thawing today either.

If you live "up north", you will probably laugh at our snow, but here are some pictures of our big event.

Julie in front of our barn--the day after the snow fell

a view of our beautiful woods

looking down the driveway

Clay, Leah, and Sam playing on the fort

our pretty Christmas tree! It is sitting on the back patio.....every time the wind blows it over, the children stand it back up.

another view of the woods

footprints!

My children all have warm clothes, coats, hats, socks, gloves, scarves, and boots....I have no idea why they felt compelled to play in the snow in their pajamas, bare feet or crocs with no socks, no coat most of the time......but they did!

Leah and Sam scooping up snow to eat. They made snow ice cream, and they kept making a snowball to bring inside to play with----they would put it in a bowl, and sit at the kitchen table playing with it until it melted. I also have frozen snowballs in my freezer!

Sam, properly dressed for snow play!

Notice the single glove!

The Snowman!

I see that the carrot nose fell off!

one more shot of the snowy woods

Leah and her snowball

No Shoes!