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Snow Day in Austin

We didn’t’ get the 3 to 4 inches that were predicted for our area, and it didn’t snow all night and all morning as our weatherman said it would, but we did wake up this morning to a thin blanket of white fluffy snow in our yard this morning.  It wasn’t enough to make a decent snowman, and the snow wasn’t wet enough to pack a good snowball, but the girls had fun. 

We slept in this morning and had a good hearty breakfast of scrambled eggs with ham and cheese, biscuits and homemade jams and apple butter and then got the girls bundled up in several layers of warm clothes.  The sun was well up by the time we got outside and the snow was already beginning to melt.  The girls played outside maybe an hour, just long enough to get good and cold and then they came in to watch their Tinkerbell movie. 

This afternoon, we will head over to the Y and hit the Family Pool to burn off some more energy and come home to make homemade pizzas and watch a cartoon movie before bed. 

As they say about the weather in Texas, if you don’t like it, wait, it’ll change.  Tomorrow the high will be back up to 60, just like I like it!

Comments

Anonymous said…
Love it!!! Looks like they had a great time! Wish I had felt like going out to make snow angels! At least if I had to be sick today, I'm glad the girls weren't here!

Love, Gram
Nathan and Dawn said…
Snow days are awesome! And to get one on a Friday...it doesn't get much better than that!

LOVE the snow-angel-in-a-truck! That's a new one!

Enjoy :)
D&N

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