S is for Snow

I really enjoyed watching the snow fall Friday night. I don't think I mentioned this earlier, but at the first of the week, Kevin and I were watching the weather channel and I made the comment that I wanted to get at least 5 inches of snow. Well, God delievered in a big way Friday night. We got exactly 5 inches of snow. He is so amazing! Thank you! Saturday, I woke up at 8:00 and went outside to take pictures. I knew that the snow wouldn't stay around for long. I created a slideshow of pictures from around our house. There are a few that I think are so pretty. Some of my snow pictures I would love to get framed. Then we had a great time playing in the snow. We had several visitors that came to play with us. Now, just about all the snow has melted away. But we had the time of our lives playing yesterday. We stayed out all day.





Here's a another slideshow of our snow day. This shows all the fun we had.





These are some of my favorite snow pictures I took.


I love the light in these pictures of the chicken houses.


So pretty in white!



I didn't take this picture in black and white.
It's just how it turned out.


This is at Mrs. Katie's house, in her
backyard.


This is down the road from our
house.

It's Snowing!

Finally, it is snowing in Blackville! Today was a teacher work day, so no students. It was a great day! I had gotten all my lesson plans and other stuff done by Thursday afternoon. So, today I was able to spend my time cleaning up my room. It looks so much better. However, I know that by Tuesday afternoon, you won't be able to tell that I have done anything. (We are out of school Monday for President's Day). Anyway, I left school at 1:40. (We were able to leave early if you had some hours built up from home visits from the first of the year). I headed to Barnwell, to do a few errands and run by the store, just in case we did get snow. At 2:00, it started snowing. However, the temperature was 42 degrees, so I knew that it wasn't going to sick anytime soon. I finally got home at 3:30. I took a few pictures then. Abby wasn't that found of the snow.

At 4:30, it finally decided to stick. Here's a few more pictures.

At 5:00: here's some more pictures. I also found out that we were going to have two house guest, Kevin's grandmother, Mrs. Thelma and Katelyn and (my new niece or nephew to come). (Katelyn's pregnant! She is due in October.) And Abby all she wants to do is play ball in the snow. I'll keep you updated on the snow.

This was taken about 6:00 tonight. As you can see the snow is still falling and our yard is becoming more and more covered.

Bridgestone Super Bowl Ad - Taters

I love this commerical! Every time I see it makes me laugh so much. I had a Mr. Potato Head when I was little. I got it for either Christmas or my birthday. My grandmother (my dad's mom) gave it to me. My mom said that when I pulled it out of the box, that I started backing away from it and was very scared of it. I didn't know what to think about it. I was like about a year old, but later, I loved it!

The Return of the Sweet Potato

This evening, I came out of one of our guest bedrooms, and as I walked into the kitchen I noticed something on the carpet in the den. I was like, what is that? I thought it was some kind of toy, but I knew that Abby had tore up a toy last night. Do you know what it was? Part of a baked sweet potato. No joke! Where in the world did she get it from? I haven't cooked any since last week. I guess she must have of hidden part of the potato somewhere and pulled it out since she had tore up her toy. Who knows! I threw it away and I hope she doesn't have any more hidden around. And now it's got me thinking, what else does she have hidden in the house that we don't know about? I know that at Mrs. Katie's house, she has tennis balls hidden all over the house. Mrs. Katie says that she has no idea where Abby gets them, but she knows exactly where they are and as soon as she comes in their house she will go hunt for them. And in just a few minutes she will appear with a tennis ball in her mouth. She very sneaky!

Favorite Uncle Report

Well, Kevin found out today that not only was he Lily Kate's favorite uncle, but Kayla's as well. Both shared about their Uncle Kevin this morning in kindergarten. I tell you, Kevin is flying high. He's calling himself "Super Uncle" and wants a special t-shirt made. It's so funny. Thank you to Lily Kate and Kayla for making your Uncle Kevin feel loved and appreciated, even though he constantly picks on you and aggerates you to death. You made his day!

This was the only picture I have of all 3 together.

My Favorite Uncle

This evening, Tori came by with Lily Kate, Jared, and Houston. Lily Kate had a special poster or project to turn in for school tomorrow on her favorite uncle. She chose Kevin. Tori asked her why Kevin was her favorite uncle. Lily Kate said because he was selfish. Tori said that what Lily Kate meant was the he was silly and aggravates her a lot. Kevin was very excited about this. Tori came by to get a picture of Kevin and Lily Kate. Unfortunately we were unable to get a picture with Lily Kate smiling. Tori said that Lily Kate was excited to get her picture made with "Uncle Kevin" and talked about on the way to our house, but when it came time to smile for the camera, she got upset. However, she really does love her Uncle Kevin and enjoys playing with him.

This was the best picture we could get this evening.

However, this picture shows that Lily Kate really does love her uncle and enjoys playing with him. (this was from our family vacation to Edisto this summer.)

Are You Romantic?

Monday, I was reading a story to my students called "The Best Story" and it was about a girl who was entering a writing contest. She took her story to each family member to get their opinion about her story. Each person told her to add something different to make the story better. One said add more action, make it funny, make it sad, and her sister told her that the best stories were ones that were romantic. I asked my students if they knew what "romantic" meant. Their response was: marriage, hugs, kiss, (to which they said "ewww!") Then one of my girls asked me "Mrs. McCormick, are you and your husband romantic?" I had to laugh, but continued reading, I didn't answer that question. So my question is, to those that are married or dating someone, "Are you romantic?"