Monday, December 9, 2013

ICE Break 2013

So we got an unexpected break from work/school because of this wonderful little present from Mother Nature...

Thursday afternoon it started sleeting big time and didn't stop for about 24 hours.  We even got a little snow too!  It was so super cold too at 16 degrees.  This meant no school - WAHOO - and no work for Daddy.  We were iced in!  

This looks like snow, but it's 3 inches of solid ice!  
Our umbrella was the only casualty, thankfully.  

We have spent the last 4 days having all kinds of fun!  

We drank lots and lots of hot chocolate and ate a whole bunch of marshmallows...
Finished decorating for Christmas...



Shoveled ice/snow and sledded down icy driveways...

Molly got a little frisky...


Played Legos with neighbors and laughed at Smitty's tricks...


We baked and ate and baked and ate and baked and ate...

Pioneer woman cinnamon rolls- 13 pans
Salted caramel snickerdoodles

We made forts and slept in them...




We watched a few movies... Peter Pan, The Santa Claus, Santa Claus is Coming to Town and we creeped to the theater today to watch Frozen- it was great!  

Want some hot chocolate and cookies, sure.  I'm a cool mom when I'm in my pajamas!  

As you can tell,  we stayed in our pajamas all day long, pretty much every day!  (This might or might not have contributed to the baking and eating situation.) Last night Daddy took us to the store and to Chuys, which are both very close.  It was kinda nice to get out!  

Daddy looks pretty good with the beginnings of a beard.  Check out the no make up and air dried hair from Mommy... Scary!  

We played games and watched lots of football.


I got our Christmas cards ordered and some online holiday shopping done.  

We did lots and lots of snuggling, late night HGTV and ABC Family movies for mom and relaxing.  It was wonderful having Daddy home too Friday.  Pure contentment.  It was so nice to slow down.  No schedules, no racing around, no worries.  It was HEAVEN.  We needed this, I needed this, our family needed this.  

When is our next ice/snow break?!?  Only  9 more days until Winter Break!  

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