Snow Days... again!

This past week ABQ had record cold temperatures. It was the coldest it had been in like 20 years! We got snow on Tuesday, but the temp was so frigid and the roads super icy that schools were closed for FOUR DAYS! Holy cow! All I can think of is the make up days we have coming. No extra days off for rest of the year.

It's hard to believe that just the day before we were at Explora! playing outside without jackets on!

But I digress. We took advantage of the snow and took Jaxon "sledding". Of course, being Arizona people we don't actually own a sled or even a tube. So we went with Jaxon's boat from the summer. Classy I know. We drove (slid is more accuarate) up to the golf course and went down a hill.

Not sure if you can see this, but this was the Weather Channel's current temp. Yes, 1 degree with a "Feels Like" -23 degrees. Sweet. We didn't last long. 10 minutes tops. We were even wearing 3 layers on top, bottom and 2 pairs of socks including our big jackets, beanies, scarves & gloves.

First people out.

My attempt of being artsy

Made it to the top!

Wheee!!

I wish I would have taken the video camera. Jaxon's giggles were awesome! It made the frigid weather worth it.

Back to the top

Mama's turn to push him

A Jaxon Snow Angel

I think I said this before, but I will actually miss these snowy days.

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!

Let It Snow!

We had (or are having) our first snow of the season today! It's been coming down pretty steadily since 1:30 pm. It was so peaceful and beautiful. I was actually anxious to get Jaxon outside to play, but he was sleeping so it had to wait a couple more hours. Instead, I turned on some Christmas music & sat in front of a window to watch the snow fall. I felt guilty since I have SOO much to do to get the house ready to put on the market, but hey... how often do I get this chance? I had to take it and run! I was also kinda hoping for a hot tottie, but I didn't know how to make one.

Jax was super excited to play in the snow when he got up. He did much better this year than he did last year. As I am watching him play and laugh I thought how much I am going to miss this when we move. Once we're in AZ he won't see snow. How sad. I feel like playing in the snow is a memory all kids should have. Not that I had those memories, since I didn't see snow until I was 12 and I am a perfectly well-adjusted adult, but still. Oh well. We made the most of it and had loads of fun.

Snowball Fight!

"Dis is coad"

Only boys...

We went to the front yard and he says, "Hey, it's snowing here too! " He was amazed by this.

I striped him of his wet clothes before coming into the house. Glad this isn't an everyday occurrence here in New Mexico.

On a side note, this past Saturday we went to the Twinkle Parade. SOO cute! All 50 floats had lights. We had a great time, we froze, but had a great time. It was actually more fun than the 4th of July parade. We went with our dear friends the Wilson Family. I'm going to miss them so much when we move. I'm also going to miss all of the parades they do here (4th of July, Twinkle, Homecoming. That's only 3, but still.)

Jaxon Sloan & Kellen waiting for the parade to start

"Christmas" on a firetruck, the only thing that would have made this better for Jax would have been "Christmas" & a T-Rex on the truck!

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY WINTER!

Snow Day!

It snowed today, AGAIN. Today was my day off so Jaxon and I were able to go play in the snow. Well, more like stand and look at it. He was pretty darn cute with the snow. I asked him if he wanted to go outside to play and very enthusiastically he said, "YEAH! Jacket." and went to find his jacket. Outside we went. We walks onto the snow, it gets on his shoe and he says, "Mess! Mess!" He walked around the yard to check things out and was in awe of everything. He quickly came back inside to where it was warm and Lola was waiting for him. Yes, Lola is visiting this week and of course it snows! She did not go out with us, however.

Our snow covered yard.

Wow! Look at that!


Hmm, I'm not so sure about this thing.
This may be kinda fun!

What a cute little face!

What happened to my sand box?

I love this tiny footprints

A little sad he can't open his sandbox.

Mess! Mess!

Lola showed him how to catch snowflakes with his tongue. This is his attempt!

Making a mess is kind of fun!