02.11.10

We got our snow, and it has been so much fun!! I knew Lucy would come to get in bed with us last night. She was not happy about having to move back into her room after Papa and Lee Lee have been using it. And sure enough, she showed up sometime in the wee hours of the night. When she showed up, Justin said, I am going to her room. He couldn't handle another night of her wild sleeping, so it was just Lucy and me. When she woke me up in the morning, I crawled out of bed and just barely peeked out of the curtains to see if the snow was coming down. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was totally white outside and still really coming down. I flung them open and told her to take a look. She was beside herself. It was so precious. Of course, she wanted to go straight outside at 7:45 am, which wasn't going to happen, so that part was not her luckiest.

By the time I got some coffee, we all ate some breakfast, and I figured out something that should keep them warm, it was about 10 am. Our entire yard was covered in this fluffy, white, beautiful snow. It was the perfect snow for a snowman, which is all Lucy could talk about. That and snowball fights! So we made Sherman, our snowman. And Annie watched from a safe distance on the sidewalk. She was perfectly happy and content as long as she was not boot high in the snow. As you will see in the pictures, she got quite angry with us when we moved her into the actual snow.

Lucy loved it so much that she didn't care that her boots were full of snow and her jeans were soaked from the snow angels she made. She was just happy. She told me that today was the perfect day. So sweet.

When we were done playing outside, me and both girls got in the big bath tub because they were cold and I figured this was the best way to warm them up. Then we made hot cocoa before lunch. Again, this is all heavenly for Lucy. She did get a little crazy before nap because she was just so excited and wound up that it was VERY hard for her to settle down. Both girls took great naps though and we had a fun afternoon with friends.

I seriously am so thankful for this snow because Lucy has been talking about snow since this summer. For some reason, she just has been dying for snow to play in. We NEVER get this much snow. We ended up getting over 6 inches, which is just crazy for us. Since living in Texas, I have never seen this much snow. Fun, fun, fun. It was a lot of work trying to protect my camera from the very wet snow falling. I rigged up a plastic bag to keep it safe.

What I am not thankful for, is the build up of snow on our satellite that is prohibiting me from watching my tv shows. That is not making me happy at all!