Photo Story Friday - Snow in Texas!

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A long, long time ago - 5 years ago to be exact, it snowed down here in Texas. This was not just a little dusting of snow. Nope, this was the real thing. We got a couple inches of the white stuff, and we had enough snow to make a real, live snowman!

It was a Saturday morning. I remember clearly that the Prince (7 month old Baby Prince) was still not sleeping through the night. My first thought, as my husband gently shook me from my precious slumber was "It is SATURDAY. Why are you waking me up for SNOW?"

I grew up in Iowa where snow is not exactly uncommon. It took a few minutes for my groggy mind to wrap itself around the fact that my kids had the chance to play in snow that day. I recovered, bundled up my 2 1/2 year old and my 7 month old and out we went with Daddy.
One big benefit of growing up in Iowa was learning the correct snowman building technique of "pack and roll". Our native Texan neighbors were making vain attempts to create big snowballs by merely packing snow into the ground. THAT is not the way to make a snowman, my friends. First you make a little snowball. Then, you put that snowball on the ground and roll. The snowball picks up snow as it goes and, before long, you have a snowball that is the envy of the neighborhood!

Here is Princess sitting on my masterpiece!
DadOf3 made a good middle for our snowman, and Princess and I made the small snowman head. Before long, our little snowman had been assembled and was ready to greet the neighborhood!
We had hopes of getting snow last week, but just like the 5 years that followed this fun day, the chance passed us by.

But we will keep waiting and anticipating until the conditions are just right to make another Texas Snowman.