snow day

We had a blast playing in the snow with these boys! We deemed it the perfect snow day. We stayed home this year instead of tromping around town to play with friends and thoroughly enjoyed sledding on a neighbor's hill that just happened to be one yard away. 

Things I want to remember:

homemade donuts for breaky

a pot o' soup for lunch

bottomless coffee 

solly, our snow bunny 

snow-cream with melbug 

s'mores by the "camp" fire in the den before the camp out (where nobody actually slept)

snow

Our first (and hopefully only) snow day this year brought about decent snow for downtown where we live...buuuuuttttt, we were in Fountain Inn after having spent the night with Honey because Mike was running from Asheville to Greenville on Saturday and our heat was out. Fountain Inn only received a dusting, but the boys didn't know the difference. They went to bed anxious for the snow & I honestly didn't think it was coming. (I was up at 3:45ish to nurse Ezra & there was not a drop of snow to be found.) I actually don't think it started until around 7AM and then it only lasted for a couple of hours and was barely enough to cover the ground. Yet, enough to put on all of our snow gear and to get outside & "play" for about 12 minutes. Y'all, if I'm being honest, I hate snow days. But, I hope they'll remember their excitement over wearing their snow gear, throwing snowballs at Mama (that Mama made), and jumping in the muddy puddle in Honey's driveway. 

snow day adventure | part 2

The second half to our snowy weekend adventure was much more enjoyable for the kiddos. We headed up to OD & Cathy's house on Paris Mt. for an afternoon of snow playing fun, hanging out (the boys especially had fun with Wren), Christmas tree taking down, and yummy gourmet food eatin'. 

Due to trees being down, we had to take an alternative route up to OD & Cathy's, which led us to the perfect sledding hill! AND, lucky for us, some neighborhood kids left a couple of awesome sleds that we definitely took advantage of (along with an air mattress that was brought along for just such an occasion).

Here's to hoping you guys took advantage of the snow day too! And, that it's the ONLY snow we get this year! (: 

snow day adventure | part 1

Our snowy weekend adventure started off a little drab. We woke up in Ft. Inn to nothing but rain (insert disappointed Mike face here)...but kept seeing on the news that up above Greenville & the mountains were getting hammered with snow. Work was canceled for Mikey (hooray!!), so we scooped up the boys from his 'rents house & headed to find some snow! 

Honestly, once we drove past the Woodruff Rd. exit on the hwy the scene changed drastically. The roads were starting to accumulate an icy mixture and tree branches were already drooping. We checked on the white house, grabbed lunch at Pete's and headed towards Caesar's Head. The boys were champs while the drive up the mountain took hours. I brought along a few snow day essentials (peanut butter m&m's and sour gummy worms) which seemed to help keep them occupied once they started getting antsy (biggest boy included). We'd also made promises of playing at the top once we arrived...little did we know it would be unbearable! We made it to the entrance of Caesar's Head State Park & decided to pull off the road for romping in the parking lot. Once we got out of the car, mine & Mike's hands immediately started stinging from the raw wind whipping around & the boys panicked. Like screaming, crying, tears running, snot dripping panic. (The following events may qualify us as bad parents..) We proceeded to put on their snow suits (over their regular clothes) and tried to convince them that it would be fun to play in the snow ... after a couple of snapped pictures, continuous crying and looks of "what are you doing to me?" Mike & I decided to call it and head back down the mountain. We laughed with each other & decided that though it was short lived, it was definitely worth it!

#mikeyandmc

|mushy| snow day

handsome Solomon 

my scruffy headed, rosy cheeked little bud

my whole heart

because i would never want you to think this isn't real life 

"too heavy"

finding more puddles because let's be honest..puddles are more fun than mushy snow

obligatory snow man 

snowy adventures | part two

feb. 12, 2014

snow day at the columbia circle lodge

Too much fun for words with these sweet friends...until my (big) boy broke his ankle. At least we were in the best company possible for something terrible to happen. Loved hanging out at Mike & Kayla's with the gang for the ENTIRE day (: 

Hoping everyone's snow day was as eventful (but safer) than ours!