Winter "storm" January 2010!

I just LOVE how the news outlets title any story about snow with such a dramatic "Winter Storm of 2010" name. Well, that's what we had this weekend! The snow began falling Friday around 5:00 and it kept falling until Saturday morning, leaving us with about 4 or so inches of beautiful white snow! This was only the second time Reilly has seen snow, so she was quite excited!! We had many things to introduce her to and couldn't wait to get started!! Since she's never been sledding before, we decided to forego the monster hill on the golfcourse that the whole rest of the neighborhood was playing on and just keep it simple with a small, gradual hill in our backyard. And she loved it...after a few times of getting used to it! It was so ridiculously cold outside though that we literally only lasted for about 15 minute increments. It's pretty sad: at least 25 minutes of preparation for abou 15 minutes of fun. Here's the countdown:

between the four of us, here are the numbers....

4 pairs of leggings/ tights
1 pair of footed pajamas
5 pairs of pants
10 pairs of socks
7 shirts
4 jackets
6 pairs of gloves
4 tobogans

...and we were still cold!!! it was the wind....crazy cold!

But, nonetheless, we had fun. Shawn and I took Reilly out for a little bit while Braxton napped and then we all bundled back up again when he woke up so he could experience a little of the fun! He really didn't seem to care to much about the snow but seemed to love being pulled in the little sled that we got!

We introduced daddy to "snow cream", something he had never even heard of, even though he grew up in the north!! What's wrong with that picture?! A good ole mix of fresh snow, whipping cream, sugar, and vanilla and YUMMMM!!! We also enjoyed some hot chocolate, snuggling with daddy in bed to keep warm while watching Madagascar, a full day long fire in the fireplace (that never really seemed to keep us warm enough b/c it was so cold outside!), snow angels for the first time, and just playing on the floor in between outside adventures. It was quite a day! Here are lots of pictures and some video clips of the sledding fun.

and here is a VIDEO of all the sledding maddness...and some classic tickle torture by big sister before we hit the snow....