SNOW DAY!

It happened! On January 9, 2011 WE GOT SNOW!

Now for some of my friends, this is no big deal. Their snow starts in November and lasts through March or April. But for us Southerners, snow is something rare and magical! So you can imagine the kids' excitement when they heard the weather man mention that there might be snow. The excitement mounted to even greater proportions when the weather man said there was going to be snow. And when those first snowflakes began to fall, it just pushed the munchkins right over the edge into insanity. 

Little Miss was up at the crack of dawn, ready to bundle up and hit the slopes! Brother on the other hand, decided to take advantage of no school and slept until 9-when I finally allowed Bella to bust into his room and wake him. In the most gentle manner of course. It went a little like this, (in her best screaming whisper) ZACH!!!!! WAKE UP! IT SNOOOOWED!!!!!!! Being the great, big brother that he is, he groggily rolled out of bed, bundled up, and the fun began!

Since we get snow maybe once a year, and it only lasts for 2 or three days, most of us don't own any snow attire. Enter layers. Bella had so many layers on that she was seriously concerned that she may not be able to move. What can I say? I didn't want my baby to get cold. 

Brother was very fond of trying things that inevitably ended in destruction. Not so great for him. Awesome for my viewing pleasure!

Little Miss LOVED sledding down the hill! She didn't even mind dragging the sled back up the hill, because that just meant she got to go down again. And again. And again.

Everything about the snow was wonderful to her. 

Some of our neighborhood homeschool friends came to play too! Snow+ friends= super awesome day!

The face of a frozen, but blissfully happy little girl!

Headed out for round two

Don't know if you can see it, but she's giving a thumbs up. Adorable.

Another, "this is the greatest day of my life!" moment. She has a lot of those. I want to be just like her. 

Seriously, the kid couldn't have had more fun if she tried! As much as I dislike the cold, faces like this make me wish it snowed all the time.

What snow day is complete with out snow angels?!

Gotta try the snow. Apparently it was delicious because she ate a pound of it!

Of course there was snow girl making. Daddy is the best at it. Daddy and Bella together equal an unbeatable snow girl making team!

Snow Girl, Ashlyn, even had a tiara. Daddy is so awesome. He thinks of everything.

Love that face!!

SNOWBALL FIGHT!

Somehow, a challenge to roll the biggest snowball ever began. I think they did pretty well. It proved to be a big hit with the beasties. 

I love my crazy kids! heehee!

 For snow day round two, some more of our friends came to play, adding even more super awesome to an already super awesome day!