Snow



   This morning we woke up to a winter wonderland outside.  It snowed 8 inches!  For Alabama this is a huge deal.  Of course, like most of Alabama we are stocked up with plenty of bread and milk.  Why is it that bread and milk are the first two things everyone wants to by when there is the threat of snow?  I mean really, you can't even make a meal with just those two things.  I thought I was smart because I made sure we had plenty of peanut butter but forgot to buy extra jelly.  If the power goes out I guess I'll have to make do with a pb minus the j sandwich.

Leo loved the snow.  He has been begging to go out and play in it since 7:30am.  When Nora took her morning nap, we all got dressed in two layers of clothes and went out to play.  Leo thinks it is hilarious to throw snowballs.  Whenever Leo is up to no good he has the most devilish laugh.  He was laughing so hard at one point he feel over.  I had to make a snow angel but was the only one who thought that was fun.  Leo tried to sled on a homemade sled, the lid to our trash can!  I guess the snow was just to thick and the hill wasn't steep enough so it didn't work to well.  We stomped around in the snow and had a blast.  When our hands got numb it was time to come in.  Here is where the not so fun part started.  Taking off snow covered clothes and shoes left a huge plie of snow and water in the kitchen floor.  Also walking the dogs in snow that covered half their body wasn't much fun either.  They tracked in snow all through out the house, including the snowballs that formed on their fur.  I wish we could just play without the mess.  Thank God this is a once in a decade kind of thing.  I would hate to have to get out in messy snow everyday.