It's snowing again. YEAH!!!

What a wild and wacky winter this has been. It is snowing again. It’s hard to believe. It started snowing last night and it has been snowing nonstop ever since. The kids have been quite happy. Well, half the kids anyways. The girls are in a charter school. The boys are in public school. They have different school districts even though their schools are less than 5 miles apart. The girls had their schools cancelled. Actually, the towns to the north AND south of us cancelled school today due to the snow/ice. I was shocked that the boys actually had school. They are in a school district that is very dedicated. Any time there is a storm or something their school is in session. That also means they don’t have make-up days, so there is a silver lining. Haha

The girls and I risked our lives to go to the library. Haha Actually, it was all slush. Not too much ice. Lots of snow, but little ice.

Then Mike was let off work early. I had him go pick up Josh and Jake on his way home. I guess I was feeling sorry for them. I don’t know what I was thinking. Haha So, Mike picked up Josh and went to get Jake. Jake was having too good of a time at school, so he stayed and rode the bus home later. Josh, Emma and Elaina played in the snow. Emma made a huge square. Then she turned it into a snowman. It is really cute. It looks like a snowwoman with huge hips! Haha Josh and Emma made “forts”. Elaina made an “egg” that she carried around the entire yard. They had a good time, needless to say.

When I got them to come inside, they were dripping wet. Elaina talked Mike into making her a slushy with snow. She was happy.

I also tried a recipe. I have wanted to try to make this kettle corn, but have been too chicken. I should have tried it sooner. My kids, who don’t like microwave kettle corn ate this stuff hand over fist! Basically take a pot with a lid. Put 3 Tablespoons oil in the pan. Put the burner on med/high heat. While that is heating up, put 1/3 cup popcorn kernels and 3 Tablespoons of sugar in a bowl. Then go watch the oil. I watched for smoke (just like the blog suggests), then poured the corn/sugar into the oil. Stirred it with a spoon for about 10 seconds, and then put the lid on. I put a towel on top and held the lid while I shook it around a bit. Once the popcorn was done, I added a little salt and it was done. I put it in another bowl and the kids attacked it. Actually, I attacked it too. I don’t usually eat too much popcorn, but this stuff was amazing. I’m going to have to make kettle corn more often!