Record Snow Fall Fun

I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes...12+ inches of snow in the DFW area within 24 hours. A new record of all time was set and lots of new smiles and memories created.

We woke up Thursday morning to a beautiful white snow blanket. It was so pretty to just stare out the window on Thursday to see it falling and accumulating so quickly. The trees were gorgeous - my favorite part of the scenery. We had snow for Christmas but nothing like this. For the first time Marcus had the pleasure of playing and running in the snow that was piled up over his shoes and up to his shins in some areas. There was enough on the ground to build snowmen, make snow angels, and Marcus' favorite - one awesome snowball fight!! He had so much fun falling into the snow piles. His pants could have been rung out with water from the snow. We took a stab at a snowman complete with eyes, nose, scarf, arms, hair and hat. I'm sure he was somewhat weak on the snowman scale but since we haven't had lots of practice at this but thought he looked great!

We went to bed Thursday night watching the snowfall and woke up to an even higher white blanket covering outside. He didn't even mind that school was cancelled on Friday due to the snow..big shock right! Round 2 of snow ball fighting. Marcus couldn't have been more excited to see that snow again. He loved hetting hit with it and was even better at throwing it. He nailed me a few good times with some great snowballs.

It was wierd trailing snow into the house and having wet shoes, gloves and jackets from the snow. Good thing we had some sand toys that worked great for the snow. Marcus went on a treasure hunt around the house for snowman parts. It actually felt not that bad outside with no wind and just the still of the snow falling. The cold hands were definitely the worse part and I will never forget the moment when the freezing cold snow finally got to Marcus. He ran all the way inside crying that his hands were freezing off!! I kept wondering when it was going to hit him...nothing that a little help from the hair dryer couldn't warm them up in no time.

This was a great experience and who knows if it will happen again to this extreme. I'm very glad that Marcus got to have this experience at this age when so much is still new and exciting to him. Such a beautiful surprise and definitely a time to cherish and remember for all time!!!