Snow Day!

I am so lucky to have a friend that literally lives only 20 feet away from me.  My friend Ashley and I became friends shortly after both of us moved to Louisville.  Heck, now it's almost like she's a roommate that doesn't live in the same apartment as me.  Okay, that doesn't make any sense.  What I mean is, she is great friend and I can borrow a cup of sugar, Tylenol or blow dryer (all of which I have done) anytime.  Our boys are also the same age, so, that makes for some fun play days for our kiddos.  Yesterday we figured we should take advantage of the snow by taking our boys outside for a short winter excursion.  This was Liam's first time to play outside in the snow.  Well, kinda... last year I took him outside for about 2 minutes in his snow suit (when he was 4 months old), sat him in a bumbo seat, took some pics while he sat there confused and then we made our way back inside.  This year was much more fun!  Liam and Thomas had fun romping around, kicking the snow, eating the snow and even falling in the snow.

Oh, and once they finished playing outside, we made the BEST hot chocolate ever (dairy free, of course!) (FYI, I'm allergic to dairy).  And....here is the recipe:


1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup sugar
pinch of salt
dash of red cayenne pepper (which pretty much the same as a pinch...)
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/3 cup of boiling water
3 1/2 cups milk ( or almond milk, rice milk, whatev)

Stir together dry ingredients in a small saucepan, add water and bring to a boil while you stir.  Simmer for two minutes.  Add milk and let heat through (do not boil!).  Enjoy!!!  Oh yeah, and if you can think of a creative name for this recipe, let me know!


And now, here are some photos from our "snow day"!

"Check it out, Mom!  Snow!"

Trying out the snow....

Either he's not a fan or he ate something other than snow...

Liam, snotty nose and all.

Thomas loved the snow.

Yep, that's a sock on Thomas' hand.  What?  It works!