Snow Days!!

Knoxville actually got some accumulation of snow over the weekend, and we were SO excited to go outside and play in it! The winter storm was supposed to hit our area Friday afternoon, and schools were already closing on Thursday night! It is so funny to us to see schools close with just the threat of a little snow! Ahhhh such is life in the mountains I guess. They were predicting we would get between 4-8 inches of snow and we ended up with only a couple inches and a good layer of ice in between. We woke up to no power on Saturday morning. It came back on around 9:30am only to have it go right back off after about 30 minutes. At least the house got warmed up a tad!

It rained for most of the day on Saturday so we didn't get to go outside and play in the snow until Sunday. That worked out good because Sunday was a sunny day and actually felt a little warm compared to the previous few days. Once outside, Grace was content to just stand around and eat the snow. We warned her about the yellow snow and even got to show her an example of what NOT to eat (see pic above)! She didn't move around a whole lot (that could be because she couldn't move due to the 5 layers of clothes she had on)! She just watched Pete, Matt, and me try to build a snowman and have a snowball fight. Her snowsuit is a size too big, and looks absolutely hysterical on her!

Once Grace had her fill of playing in the snow, we headed inside for her first taste of hot chocolate. She grabbed her cup and instantly looked at me saying, "Blow, hot!" "Blow, hot!" If something she is eating or drinking is barely warm, that is usually the first reaction we get. She drank most of it, and much to my surprise, wasn't up half of the afternoon on a sugar/chocolate high!!



We rarely get enough snow down here to go out and play in so when we do, we take full advantage of it! I'm secretly hoping for one more chance to play in the snow before spring. And it sounds like we just might get that chance this weekend! WHO HOO!!

Here is a little video of Grace cracking up at Pete! He was gagging on who knows what, and Grace just about busted a gut! Enjoy!!