Snow Day(s)

I'm always skeptical when the weatherman in Oklahoma says it's going to get nasty. Thursday morning I woke up to a text message saying the University was closed. I looked out the window--it was raining. There may have been some sleet mixed in but, overall, the ground wasn't slick at all, just wet. Well that's Oklahoma for ya.

Then Friday it got fun. Sleet and snow and lots of it. Here in Oklahoma, is anyone really prepared to drive on slick roads? No, not unless it's a four wheeler and there's some sort of man-made sled attached to the back (whatever you can find is acceptable). So we were stuck at home all weekend. We did get out some thanks to my angel of a mother-in-law who let us borrow her Jeep--that kept us sane (and from killing one another). We did have a lot of fun though being stuck inside. Here are the fun photos from our snowy weekend. Enjoy!

Pano view of our backyard (with Jordan's cute little head in there, too)

Jordan wasn't so sure about all that fluff. He didn't
like getting it on his boots!

All bundled up. Check out those pink gloves. We should
really get him his own pair!

Ali making a snow angel... immediately after she started
yelling, "Snow in my pants! I got snow in my pants!!!" 

Ali pulling around a laundry basket... what's in there, you ask?

Her American Girl dolls, of course!! She spent an hour
pulling them around in the backyard. 

My icicle lights have icicles on them! (And now half our lights
are sagging)

We really didn't spend a whole lot of time playing in the snow. Fuzz and I are pretty big babies when it comes to cold, so we always came up with excuses to go back inside (like, "It's too cold out here." Original.). We decided to spend some time doing some indoor activities instead, like making a gingerbread house!

Daddy rockin' those marshmallows.

I'm not sure what Ali is doing with her hand here... But
look at that gingerbread house! 

Jordan doing his part. As a perfectionist... it was SO hard
to just let him do it and not try and make everything the way I wanted it.
It was a physical struggle for me. But we managed!
(After he finished his wall... Ali couldn't stand how
crooked all the candies were so she just had to fix it for him!) 

Another day out of school for Ali.. but I had to go to work. So
she came with me and I had her do some of my stuff. 
She said, "Destiny, you're job
is so easy." 

What I didn't take pictures of was us playing "Speed" (a card game) for hours on end. Fuzz and I played while Ali was outside (pulling her dolls around the yard lol) and Jordan napped. When Ali came in she wanted us to teach her how to play. She picked it up so fast and told me, "Don't take it easy on me. I won't learn that way." What!? That girl used to cry and pout if we beat her at the memory game... and now she tells us not to take it easy on her? She is just growing up TOO FAST. And she legitimately won a few games at Speed. And she didn't boast like her daddy always does. ;)

To end this post... let me tell you about our tree. Growing up, we always had colorful lights and random handmade ornaments and it was always the most BEAUTIFUL thing I'd ever seen. Being all grown up and mature now (HA) I wanted to have a matchy matchy tree. I wanted plain white lights, silver and gold ornaments, some red accents.. My kids did not like my idea. "But what's the point of plain white lights? That's no fun!" and "But you're not gonna put the ornaments we made you on the tree? Don't you like them?" So no, our tree isn't matchy. There are candy canes made from beads. There are ornaments with hand prints and foot prints on them that are so faded you can't really tell what they are. But... when I look at it... it reminds me of my tree when I was a kid, and it makes me all fuzzy inside. I think I'm okay with having a non-matchy, colorful, theme-less tree. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!