Snowed in...

As with most of the mid-west we receive a substantial amount of snow about a week ago....Sunday, January 5th, 2014 to be exact.  Our final number topped out around 16 inches leaving us with the Christmas break that wouldn't end!!!  Due to a travel emergency issued by our town,  I was afforded off work on Monday, but had to make the insane drive in the remainder of the week.  The girls and Daddy were stuck at home all week since school was cancelled.  I can honestly say I never remember such cold temperatures.  I believe out high temperature on Monday topped out at -15, with wind chills around -40.    BRRRR!!!

 

Luckily our pantry was fairly well stocked prior to the storm because when I went to the grocery store Saturday morning the meat case looked like this....

Although, it wouldn't have mattered much.....The girls are going through a phase where all they want to eat is PB & J sandwiches.  Or Dino sandwiches as they like to call them.....

 

Alexis did suggest that Daddy cook dinner using the stove outside (the BBQ grill)....She was actually making a joke when she said it.  She thought it was hilarious!  I also thought she was rather funny...Terry didn't appreciate her humor.  :-)  Obviously there was no way to get to the grill.

 

 

 

On Monday we spent a lot of time doing snow related activities.....We threw boiling water outside to make instant snow (just like 80% of the rest of the world did), we blew bubbles out the front door to watch them freeze, we froze colored water in balloons to make snow gems in the yard and last but not least we made SNOW ICE CREAM!!!!  Love this!  I only hate that I have no photos to document our fun.  The snow ice cream was definitely a hit.  The girls loved it and Terry was thoroughly impressed as he had never heard of it.

 

The rest of the week we drew lots of pictures.....

 

 

 

Alexis drew this photo of her and I swinging outside at the park.  When I asked her what the upside down people were all about she looked at me like I was an idiot and responded with "those are our shadows" in her best condescending tone, suggesting I should have known.

 

 

The girls spent hours playing on their Leap Frog computers....  Addison was constantly laying under Terry's legs.

 

And many hours in our pj's, watching videos via the internet.

 

 

 

It was hard to explain to the girls that it was way too cold to go outside and play in the snow.  The girls didn't quite understand the concept of frost bite.  Alexis told Grandma on the phone that Mommy wouldn't let her play in the snow because if she was outside for too long her fingers would pop off.