When we woke up this morning the ground and rooftops were covered in white fluffy stuff. The kids were excited and ooh-ed and ahh-ed with glee as we peered through the window at the snow sparkling under the streetlights before dawn. The boys were begging to go out before one ray of sunshine even made it's way over the horizon. They settled on walking Camilla to the bus and flew out the door to explore this newfound Winter wonderland.
Finley slept a solid hour and a half longer than everyone else and was still waking up when it was time to take Camilla to the bus. He surveyed his surroundings contently from my arms.
After a wonderful morning nap we headed outside to play in the snow until lunch. The snow was perfectly fluffy and sticky all at once. The boys made snowballs and snow angels and rolled around with glee. It was so fun to watch!
And when some more flakes started to fall we caught a few on our tongues and then I took those rosy cheeked boys into the house to warm up and roll out the bread.
While the bread baked, the little boys napped and Hyrum and I mixed and rolled cookies. After a good amount of time Joseph came walking into the kitchen sniffing, "Mom, I smell cookies." I smiled at his crazy bed head of hair as he stood on his tippy toes and grabbed a warm cookie off the counter.
Once the cookies were finished baking, Joseph and I mixed up some quinoa double chocolate muffins. The boys demolished a couple of those and I froze the rest down for school lunches. The house was warm and full of the wonderful aroma of baked goods. After a busy few months there's a part of me that welcomes Winter and the way it brings out the hermit in me.
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