Snow Storm #2

March 5th we were hit with another batch of both snow and ice. Not even a month after our first snow storm. The boys were excited for the time off school again but soon realized with the two snow storms they would end up having to make up seven total days. 

Since they knew they would have these days off the night before they were able to sleep in a little and have a little extra energy. Yes this may seem like the same picture from the February post but they were still excited to get out and shovel some more snow when they seen the side walk was covered again. 

So that morning they were out and happy to shovel the snow I thought it would be fun to have a fun "snowed-in" day. While they were busy and happy outside I made a couple of batches of different kinds of mini muffins and hot chocolate to warm them up for a fun breakfast. They loved this and ate pretty much that whole plate of muffins. 

After filling our bellies with a warm breakfast, I let them play on the Xbox for a little bit. Livvy is always interested in playing too but she usually just ends up turning off the Xbox because that light is so inviting ; ) or the TV. And I will always know the moment she does this as the boys make it very clear when I hear the yelling ; ) 

For not pre-planning this snowed-in day I was happy that I was well stocked with my food items. I made some pizza dough and let the boys make some snowman pizzas. The dough was really easy to make and this ways we could shape in into the snowman shape. 

After cutting up the pepperoni they were able to make a face and buttons on their snowman and then pop them in the oven. After about ten minutes they got their snowman's out of the oven and were ready to eat them. 

Later that night we again knew that they would be out for Friday so we made a special treat. They were able to play a game with Daddy and I made hot chocolate cupcakes. As you can see this was a pretty exciting treat. 

 There was a big marshmallow in the middle of the chocolate cupcake and then chocolate whipped frosting. Livvy was able to get some in her mouth and some on her so it was a good thing it was bath night for her anyway ; )

On March 7 the weather started to break and we were able to get some nice sunshine and warmer weather. At this point we were all hoping that we would be done with this winter. So we let them go outside and play with the snow before it all melted away.