The Real Deal

In my last post, I showed the girls dressed in snow attire and ready to play.  Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday they finally got a taste of the real thing.  The snow began on Sunday morning, which we used as an excuse to skip church and stay home to watch the beautiful flakes fall from the sky.  Sunday afternoon we baked our annual Christmas sugar cookies and decorated them, which was nice to do while winter weather was falling.

The forecast was calling for a lot of ice also, and it was right.

Overnight Sunday the snow and sleet turned to freezing rain, leaving a thick coating of ice on everything and giving us a day off of school.  Our rose bushes still had a few sad rose blooms that look a bit unnatural when encased in ice.

While home on Monday, I caught up on some other baking: bread, chocolate chip cookies for Charles, and biscuits that Sophie wanted to make herself.  It warmed up nicely and all the ice melted away, but by the end of the day Monday my phone was beeping with messages of another winter storm on the way.

Tuesday we woke up to this and another day off of school:

The girls measured just under 4 inches at 8am (see how they're in their jammies still?) and flurries continued through noon or so.  This was perfect snow for playing in, and Grandma joined in the fun.  Since I enjoy looking at the snow more than being in it, I took the day to finish a sewing project and do some reading and napping.

It's been a glorious long weekend, and it will be hard to get back into the swing of school again.  Especially since we only have three days this week, three days next week, and then Christmas break.  The challenge lies in figuring out how to get everything done in my classes in that time frame!