Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?

Ruthi did!

The snow came down on Tuesday...too powdery to do anything with.

On Wednesday, there was plenty of ice to slide down and have fun, but the snow was still too powdery to build a snowman.

Thursday, she went out with her Daddy with grand hopes that this would be the day to build a snowman.

No dice. Still too powdery.

But TODAY...she was determined...would be a snowman day.

And it was!

Granted, most of the snow was gone by now, but what was left was perfect for sticking together.

Unfortunately, that meant all the leaves and dirt stuck too. So, it's a dirty little snowman.

But I must say, for her first attempt, and ALL BY HERSELF, (and the dirty snow) she did a FANTASTIC job!

She "carved" the eyes and mouth, so they aren't showing up very well in the picture. She originally had a leaf for the nose, so I gave her a carrot. Maybe I should have offered her something for the eyes as well. But she was quite proud of it, and that's all that matters!

Snow Day!

Snow days are few and far between in Georgia. And most of the time, it's much more ice than snow.

We did get a LOT of ice this time...so much that everything shut down and people were stranded all over the place. It was a nightmare! I know some (including my own parents) who spent HOURS to get home that would normally take 30 minutes to under an hour. I'm talking 6 hours or more!

There were people stuck in their cars, people spending the night at gas stations, and kids stuck at school.

Chip was at the fire station on Tuesday when it all began, and it was pretty much a madhouse kind of day for him. He was almost delirious when he got home on Wednesday. It took him much longer to get home than usual, but thankfully there wasn't as much traffic out anymore, so it wasn't too bad. (Except for the idiotic drivers he did encounter...he just had to be patient as they spun their wheels and finally got out of his way.)

CJ tried to come home from work just after everything started to get bad. He realized he wasn't going to get anywhere fast, so he just left the car at work and ran home. It's a good thing he works less than a half a mile from home!

The south is NOT prepared for this. And it is not fun!

BUT, a day of no school made a certain little girl VERY happy! We have classes on Mondays and Wednesdays, so to find out she didn't have to get up early to leave for class on Wednesday put a BIG smile on her face! And I let her fully enjoy the day with no school work at all.

The nice thing about the snow this time, is we actually got snow we could play in! Yes, we got a lot of ice, but it didn't ruin the snow! We all too often get some "white stuff" but it's all icy and no fun to play in. So we had as much fun as we could in the frigid cold!

I know it wasn't as cold here as it gets up north, but we are NOT used to single-digit temps either. We don't really have the proper winter gear, because it is rarely needed. And we got COLD out there!

But we had fun...and that's all that matters.

Here are a couple more pictures and a quick little video.

Yes...Ruthi is wearing pajama pants...but under them are her blue jeans and leggings! Pajama pants added a third layer that would FIT over the other two!

Until next time...