SnOMG 2017

Annnnd...we have snow!

Our local meteorologists were calling for 6 to 8 inches of snow for our area Friday night into Saturday which is huge for us. We usually only get a dusting of snow a couple of times a year. We wanted to be prepared for this giant snow fall so I started to go through the kids' snow gear. That's when I realized they had outgrown some of it and were missing other key pieces. It took Brandon and I several stores (shopping separetly) to track down everything we needed for our upcoming blizzard.

The kids were stoked! They knew we were getting snow and it was going to be a ton! Everyone went to bed excited and anxious for what the morning would bring. But alas, they were wrong. We got snow, but it was more to the tune of a half inch. Far from 6 to 8 inches. I was disappointed and Brandon was disappointed. But then Hunter woke up.

Hunter's too little to remember the snow from last year and really didn't know that we were supposed to be getting snow this weekend. He looked outside the window and immediately started screaming. Brandon and I were still upstairs and could hear him yelling at us as he ran back up to get us. His excitement over the very small amount of snow we had outside was contagious. He made me follow him down stairs into the kitchen excitedly squealing "It snowed! Santa's coming to visit me again!" After a brief conversation of why Santa won't be coming back for a while he went back to just being excited about the snow.

We held them off for a bit, and then out we went.

 

Bailey and Tyler had a great time sledding down some of the neighborhood hills. Hunter loved it last year, but this year didn't want anything to do with sledding. He had more fun pulling his sled around behind him.

After playing in the snow for a bit we came inside to enjoy some hot chocolate.

And then we were back out for round 2...

Even the dogs had fun!

We had just enough snow for me to make a batch of snow cream.

Everyone had a great time, even though it wasn't the amount of snow we were hoping for. Hopefully we'll get at least one more winter snow before spring comes!