Snow? In Tucson? In 2 Days?

That's right. Hell has frozen over. It has snowed in Tucson, not once, but twice. And I don't mean a little dusting. I mean a full-on, cover the ground, big flakes type of snow. 

We woke up Saturday morning to a nice 'snow storm'. 

Reese & I enjoyed the wintery scene in the comfort of our jammies.

Jaxon had to be in on the action

Reese & I then got ready for Movers and Shakers, but it was still snowing, so we checked it out before we left.

While Reese & I were moving, Jaxon & Brian were busy building snowmen and having snowball fights.

By noon on Saturday all traces of snow were gone.

The snowy day was just a distant memory.

Until today. 

Reese was totally fine under the patio, but once the snow hit her, she flipped out!

Is that not some crazy stuff???

Had I not seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believe it.

Let It Snow... Part 2

On our day of snow Brian was out of town. He came home the next evening. The day he was due to arrive Jaxon kept saying, "I build a snowman wif Daddy?" Yes, when Daddy comes home you can build a snowman with him. The ENTIRE (45 minutes) way to the "erport" he repeated, "When I see Daddy I ask him to build a snowman. I build a snowman wif Daddy. You give me a carrot for da nose. Daddy build me a snowman." Before Brian even got into the car Jax is yelling, "You build me a snowman? Wif a carrot nose?"

Well, who can resist that request? It was dark by the time we got home and the snow was more ice than snow, but a snowman had to be built.

"Daddy, you make me a snowman Okaaaay. "

Jaxon wasn't much help in the building department. He just wanted to cover Daddy with snow!

The finished product. Kinda cute huh?

I'm backtracking here, but here are pictures of the snow falling Thursday night and then what we woke up to Friday morning. Which meant SNOW DAY! No school for me :)...but a makeup day in February :(

View from our bedroom deck

Holy Snow Batman!

Notice Lucy to the right? The snow came to past her belly, which isn't saying much since she's so short. But still. Poor blind dog didn't know what happened!

4th Annual Christmas Cookie Craft Disaster War

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The girls and I had our 4th annual Christmas Cookie Crafts Disaster War last week. What is that you ask? Well, 4 years ago we had the grand idea of baking Christmas cookies together. Well, I'm not sure what we did wrong, but those cookies were disgusting! That's when we called it the Christmas Cookie Disaster. The following year we made cookies again, but Ami and I got into quite the argument over Peanut Butter cookies. That's when it became the Christmas Cookie War Disaster. The 3rd year we got smart and decided to make crafts and asked Sarah, the baker & non-crafter, to bake the cookies ahead of time. That was the
Christmas Cookie Crafts War Disaster.

To be honest, I don't really remember many crafts being made. We were more concerned with fixing Ami's nursery and where she should put Hunter's crib, in between her brothers, or on her own wall? It was fairly successful last year so we didn't change a thing (except for the crafts). Mary & I each brought a craft from kindergarten to share with the girls. I mean, if it can be done with 20-some-odd kindergartners surely we can handle it right? The main project of the evening was Mary's Rice Snowmen. They are absolutely adorable and totally easy! I will be borrowing this idea next year for my own class.

It seems that each year we add a new word to our traditionso we decided Snowman would be it for this year since that seemed to be a theme. Next year we will bring a different craft and it will have to do with a certain theme. So, if anyone has any easy crafts please let us know!

Waiting for the crafts to commence

Filling a tube sock with rice. Sarah was my trusty partner, made sure I didn't spill and followed Mary's instructions

One more cup of rice to go! Then I can dress my snowman.

Mary gluing on buttons, a scarf, arms, eyes a nose and a hat Ta da! A snowman family

YAY! Sarah made crafts too! And it didn't kill her!


Ethan was the only baby who hung with us the entire night. What a trooper!

Is there more crafting supplies or empty wine glasses?? Success!

Oh, Ami, you were there!

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