Snow! Princesses and more snow!

Last Saturday we had a real snow storm, a rare occurrence indeed in this state! We woke up to find Luli already in her coat, scarf, hat and boots begging to go outside. (The girls are really good about getting up, getting a banana and playing in the playroom so we get to sleep in a wee bit). So the girls did head out to play in the snow while we made a nice hot breakfast.

We were off to our friend Allison's Princess birthday party in the morning, so the girls got all dressed up in their dress-up dresses and we drove off in the unplowed, unsanded, unsalted roads. Lucky for all-wheel drive and learning to drive in the snow, we did enjoy some fish tailing and sliding through a couple stop signs (with no other cars around, thankfully). The party was a lot of fun, and coincidentally last year we had our first snowfall on Allison's birthday party day, also my father's birthday.

When we got home there was no time wasted in shedding our princess gear and donning our snow gear. All four of headed outside to enjoy our big snow filled backyard for the first time (another first for the house). We had a great time making a family of snowmen, we even got to use our snowman kit for the first time that Nahnah gave us over three years ago (I think it's pre-fiona?) We threw some snowballs, and even enjoyed the sled. The yard has a wee bit of hill just perfect for the girls to slide down. Last year Fiona wanted nothing to do with the snow, and getting in the sled was her idea of pure torture! This year she couldn't get enough.

The snow is all gone now, the cold is still here. Here's hoping we get some more snow, cold without snow is just not fun!

For the rest of our snow fun pictures they are in the Winter '09 album to the left.