SNOW DAY!!!!

This morning I woke up to Jenalyn squealing "Mommy! It's snowing! It's snowing! Come see!" I jumped right out of bed and ran to the window - I expected to see light flurries falling on the wet ground and melting instantly - but NO! I peeked out the window and everything was covered in white! It was beautiful! BUT - again, I stayed up too too late last night (*funny story - see note below) so I was not ready to wake up yet - especially since I knew they would be canceling church! So I offered to put a movie on her. Her response: "No thank you. I just want to watch the snow!" How sweet!

When I got up she just kept asking...can we go play in the snow? Can we? Can we? I told her we needed to wait for daddy to wake up. When he did we bundled up and ventured out. It was Corbin's first time in the snow - 'cept for the light snowfall we got for Christmas. And it was really Jenalyn's first experience actually getting to play in it! We had a wonderful time and I got a LOT of great photos!

First of all, Jenalyn really wanted her Sally doll to come outside and play with us, but I explained that Sally didn't have a warm coat but she could sit in the window and watch us:
(That reminds me - the funniest phrase in our house today - I heard it more than once: "Corbin! Sally is NOT a toy!" Those were Jenalyn's instructions to Corbin when she caught him with her dolly.)

Okay, on to the real dolls:

(Oh yes, those cheekers are a tad photoshopped. I couldn't resist! I tried to make them look as natural as possible, but still be deliciously pink!)Helping with the snowman:And the finished product: (Jason did most of the work - in case you were wondering if my amazingly talented kids made this on their own *lol*). Oh, and Jenalyn was very upset that we didn't make this poor guy a wife, two kids and a cat. I think she got that from this book (which is a GREAT book btw)Jenalyn's favorite Strawberry Shortcake movie is then one where they are trying to find spring. The girls do snow angles - Jenalyn was so excited to be making her own snow angle just like in the movie :)
After playing outside we came in and warmed up with some hot cocoa. You should have seen this kid after he was done with that cup! I don't care how non-traditional it is - next time he's getting his in a sippy!
Last, but certainly not least - my hubby. I love this picture of him - it gives me butterflies in my tummy. He's so handsome! And watching him play with his kids the way he did today made me fall in love all over again - I LOVE THIS MAN WITH ALL MY HEART!
*Almost forgot my story - I was up until nearly 3 a.m. making mini loaves of bread for my class today (no! It doesn't normally take that long to make bread, but I doubled the batch because I have a lot of Beehives - then I realized I didn't have enough yeast - quick trip to the store - then when I started adding the flour I realized I didn't have enough of that either - good thing the store is close!) - and then they CANCELED CHURCH because of the snow *pfft* now I have bread coming out of my ears - on top of the 7 mini loaves I made for my girls, I also have two standard-sized loaves that I made for my family! What to do? Well, I whipped up some cinnamon butter and I will be taking the mini loaves to work with me tomorrow - offer it to my co-workers for breakfast! I'm sure they'll appreciate it. It makes amazing cinnamon toast! On the upside, I got to sleep in this morning - I was exhausted after being up so late!