Our alarm clock is the television. Every morning at 6:56 am the TV pops on and we are greeted by Mr. Weatherman and his handy dandy forecast. Yesterday when we woke up, it looked like this outside:
but the news told us that school was cancelled. Mark and I both scratched our heads and shrugged our shoulders and informed the kids there was no school. And they immediately plopped down in front of the TV and did this:
Fifteen minutes before noon, it started doing this:
So we made some of these to pass the time:
Kathy had them at Joe and Suzie's house over Thanksgiving and had nothing but delicious things to say about them. They sounded easy enough to make so we gave it a shot. All you do is place a single rolo (or hershey kiss or Reses P.B. cup or whatever chocolate you like) in the center of a square pretzel (called Snaps). It was easy enough to do that even Caleb was helping us.
Then you stick them in the oven at 150 degrees until they are just melted. Remove them from the oven and squish an M&M (or peanut or whatever) in the center of the melted candy. Let cool and eat all day long because you can't keep your fingers or your mouth off of them. Yum!
By the time we had these made and lunch eaten there was enough snow to go sledding. So we bundled up and headed out into the freezing rain which pelted our faces and stung like crazy. But the sledding was fun and even Caleb seemed to enjoy the fresh air and the sledding. Frozen and exhausted we returned home to watch a movie and eat popcorn and hot chocolate and have a much needed nap.
And then, after dinner we made our Annual Gingerbread Houses and sent all of our little selves into a complete sugar coma.
Then as soon as the kids were asleep so was I. I was totally exhausted. The boys were really hoping school would be cancelled again today but unfortunately for them, I prayed louder than they did and school (although delayed) was in session. They say a Noreaster is headed straight for us this Sunday. That would be nice, if church got cancelled. I love just staying home and being all cozy with the kids and watching movies and baking treats. What could be better?
I actually took Meg to school before we realized it had been canceled, and had to take her home again. I love your annual gingerbread houses--they're so cute, and so much fun to smash on New Year's!
