Choma Milp

With a 1/4 inch of snow, the city is shut down, roads are closed, all schools, business are closed, we have are pipes wrapped, our faucets dripping, our kids in layers of clothes and are stuck inside--you just know that other cities are laughing at us!

When I got Eli out of  bed we went straight to the window to show Eli what was out there...."snow!!!"
We are clearly not equipped for this kind of weather. We were getting dressed to play in the snow, and I realized that Eli doesn't own one piece of clothing appropriate for the cold. So, we just layered his pants, and shirts, threw on the warmest jacket in the house and a beanie, and out the door we went.  He was thrilled to wake to snow on the ground this morning. The only reason he even knows what snow is is due to the fact that we have watched the Mighty Machines episode about snow plows oh, i don't know, 52 times.

We put his snow plows to the test...

He was so cold but wouldn't admit it because he knew that meant we would go inside. He was shivering and I could tell his little fingers were about to become icicles!  He loved watching the drips of water fall onto the ground from our neighbors gutters as the snow was melting and trying to catch the freezing cold droplets...no wonder his fingers were freezing!

As soon as he realized he could see his footprints in the snow,  he couldn't believe how cool it was.  We tracked footprints all though our yard  and driveway, the driveway of three neighbors and down the sidewalk all the way down the street.

"More footprints Mommy?"

The only way I talked him into coming inside was for hot chocolate with a special chocolate straw and marshmallows. "Choma milp Mommy?" is how he asks for chocolate milk.  The kid has a few of his letters turned around with some of his words (foop=foot, milp=milk, stut=stuck, opatus=octapus, tars=cars, otay-okay).

He didn't take his lips off the straw until he was done.

Oh no, is it almost gone?

How can I get those marshmallows out of there?

Oh right, just ask Mom for some more.

Owen was inside during all the fun napping, but was up soon after we came in to hang with us the rest of the day in our pj's.

We were back to normal Austin winter weather on Sunday with all the snow melted, the sun shinning and warm enough to run in shorts.  Whats up with these crazy changes in temperature?