snow day!!

Yesterday in the early afternoon snowflakes started to fall from the sky.  By evening time we had gotten several inches of snow.  Noah was super excited and I was praying we wouldn't be having a repeat of last years snow/ice storm where we lost power for 36 hours!  At least we wouldn't have a newborn this year. 

This morning I whipped up an Oh So Yummy Blueberry Coffee Cake so we could have something warm and delicious on our snowy morning.  Then Noah and I headed outside to play in the snow for a while.  I thought we would spend a good hour outside building a snowman and playing.  The snow was too fluffy and wouldn't pack very well so we just stomped around the yard.  I think we lasted a total of eight minutes.  ha!!  

I did manage to snap a few pictures before Noah was complaining that his wet hands were cold. 

Our husky of course loved the snow!!  

After coming indoors I was trying to think of something fun to do when I thought of making snow ice cream.  Noah loved the prospect of having ice cream before lunch of course!!  I found a simple recipes at allrecipes.  We made enough for us to each have a small serving and then we put the rest in the freezer to share later with daddy and Graham. 

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• Snow ice cream
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• 4 cups snow
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup milk
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• When it starts to snow, place a large, clean bowl outside to collect the flakes. When full, stir in sugar and vanilla to taste, then stir in just enough milk for the desired consistency. Serve at once.

Enjoy!

{recipe adapted from allrecipes}