It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ...

everywhere you go!!!

Yesterday was an A+ day. The kind of day that makes it really 'feel' like Christmas is on it's way. We got a big snowstorm!! I know some people dread these types of storms, but not me. If it's going to be cold for the next several months, it might as well SNOW!

We started doing our school work in the morning but by 10:30am the snow was coming down in droves. The girls kept begging to go out and could hardly focus on schoolwork. It was a great motivator to keep them working and get their stuff done!

We waited till after lunch when the snow had started to pile up to head outside. We sledded down our hill, the girls made snow angels, we went on a snowy hike through the woods behind our house with Bob and just had a blast.

Here is our house as the snow is coming down.

H angel ...
J angel ...

Rosy cheeks ...
More rosy cheeks ...

Sledding - I think pretty soon we'll need a bigger sled!
Hiking in the snow with Daddy ...

I'm just a big kid at heart - I was jumping on the sled and flying down the hill too!
Yesterday's snow was much too light and fluffy for making snowmen ... so H went out there today and found that the snow was much more sticky ... so she made a family of snow people! I know she doesn't have a hat on --- I wasn't home, she was with Daddy ... so blame him! :)


After coming in from the snow we had a yummy cup of hot cocoa, then pulled out this ornament making kit that I'd bought. The girls had a great time making lots of ornaments ... here is the sled ...
And a whole bunch of trees, sleds and snowflakes ...
A little later we made a batch of sugar cookies. The girls have more fun playing with the dough than actually making cookies. I learned that if I give them each a small chunk of dough to work with they will stay busy for hours! We cut them out into trees, stars and gingerbread men and we'll decorate them on Saturday. YUMMY!

Finally, one of the best parts of our A + day, was that Bob got to stay home! He's not usually home with us on weeknights so it was such a treat - and he even cooked a delicious lasagna for us for dinner. It was awesome.

Now you know why I said it was an A + day, don't you??!!