Winter Wonderland

Oh the weather outside is frightful. And the fire is so delightful...... How can you not sing this song all day when you look outside your window and see this?
It's been blowing it since last week. When it will end is anyone's guess but the weather men predict we'll be back to our typical rainy 40ish Pacific Northwest weather by Christmas. Typical. Except this weather is anything but typical for us. We have very little experience driving in sludge like this. Of course if you're really lucky like us you'll live at the bottom of a big hill with no way out but up. The whole neighborhood is parked at the top and parking is a priceless commodity these days. If you've got 4 wheel drive you could make some extra Christmas money shuttling the frost bitten up and down the hill. Too bad we sold our 4 x 4 earlier this year. Why didn't Mr. Rainy spring for the 4 x 4 truck? For us, getting to the top of the hill is about a 6 block hike so I don't go out unless I have a coffee emergency.

I did step out a couple of times to snap a few pictures. We've been watching this little bird for the past week nibble on this last frozen apple.

And poor frosty couldn't handle his snow. Ever since he left the North Pole he can only take a few flakes before he's too drunk to stand up. This little blizzard was just too much.

Today we baked cookies for Christmas. Chocolate Chip and sugar cookies so far. Decorating the sugar cookies was a lot of fun.

The neon food coloring turned out to be a hit.

The girls asked for Christmas music to set the mood.

Ricky did an Adam and Eve version of the Ginger Bread Boy.

Here are a few of the finished products. Notice the Purple and Gold? School spirit even during the holiday break.

Posing with their favorites.