First Snow of 2011

We had our first snow of 2011 last Sunday night into Monday morning.



We woke up to 4-5 in of fresh, sparkling white snow! It was beautiful!





Of course, it also shut down the whole Memphis-area within a 50 mi radius.



Schools were out for 2 days here, but in some counties around us it was 3 or 4 days. Places south of here, like Atlanta and Birmingham, were out all week!



Phil was able to be home the morning of the snow, but was quickly called into work for the whole week. He first headed to Miami (we weren't jealous at all!), but was then sent into the New England Blizzard. Brrr........He finally made it home around midnight Thursday night.



But before he left, we were able to play in the snow with the kids and we all had a blast!!



We got my old sled from my parents' house on Sunday and that was a hit!



We happen to live on a hill, so we had plenty of room to pull the kids around on the sled.



And boy was that a workout!



We also made a snowman and did snow angels.




Chase stated that our snowball fight was his favorite.



I would say that eating snow was his favorite however. He constantly had a handful of snow in his mouth!



JuJu's favorite was sledding. Look at that smile!!


The night before the big snow I thought ahead and put out a bowl to catch some clean snow for us for snow cream.



Also the night it started snowing I had a lot of fun making lots of cut out snowflakes to decorate the house so the kids could be surprised when they woke up.



They loved it!

Then we had snowflake french toast with powdered sugar.

They also loved those!

And then after lunch it was snow cream time! This was the first time we have ever made it.

And yes, it was a hit as well. More so with Chase than Julianna. We still have some in the freezer and he's the only one asking for it.


Parker was sleeping for the first time we went out. We took him out later that afternoon just to get some pictures and take a walk. The sidewalks had all melted by then, but everything else was covered! The snow stuck around until Saturday, which is a long time for us.

I had to get these pictures posted because it's supposed to snow again tomorrow! Not nearly as much this time though, so we'll see.

Also.......we have a big birthday coming up that will need to be blogged about- Parker's First Birthday is Friday!!