Let It Snow! Let it Snow!

Today we had our second significant snowfall in less than a month. This is very unusual for South Carolina and I am beginning to wander if we still live in the Palmetto State. I told Zoe today that she is only three months old and has already had two significant snowfalls in her lifetime. The first one came on December 26th and we ended up with about four inches of nice fluffy snow. Hannah and Cayden enjoyed getting out and doing some exploring. Craigan made a snowman with them and I made snow angels. Hannah loved throwing snowballs and getting hit by them but Cayden was not too sure about that snow activity. That snow was the perfect snow, it came stayed long enough to play and didn't affect travel too much. However, the snow we got today was much different. It was a much heavier snow, and because the ground and roads had been much colder before this round of snow compared with the last, the roads were much worse. We got about 6 to 8 inches in our area and then on top of the snow a layer of ice formed when the precipitation turned over to freezing rain. Needless to say we have not been out in the snow this time. It has been very cold and windy and much slicker than last time. Hopefully tomorrow the temperature is suppose to be a little warmer and we will venture out to play. We did however enjoy a nice family day inside, highlighted by Criagan making several trips outside to gather snow for some snow cream. The first attempt was plain vanilla and was pretty good for his first attempt. The second time he got a little fancier and made orange snow cream with some oranges we had. That batch was very good. I think he is planning on making some more tomorrow. Got to enjoy it while it is here. It was so nice to be in our warm house (thanks to the fire Craigan made in the fireplace) and just enjoy family time. We played games, watched some tv, played the Wii, read books and ate some snow cream. I didn't worry about cleaning and our meals were simple. Just a perfect day in Westville.