A White & Slippery Christmas

We wanted to be with the GrandGirlies as soon as possible on Christmas Day. So we hauled J out of bed at the crack of dawn and started out at 6:30am for the 2.5 hour drive North. We got a little more than half way there and it started snowing.  Within a half an hour it looked like this.

I was glad it waited that long because M said if it had been like this when we started out we would have stayed home - I would have spent Christmas Day crying.  Not kidding at all!  By this time though we were only about 45 minutes away so we kept heading North.  When we got to the city the roads were getting really bad with some exits starting to close.  Remember, we have no snow removal equipment and usually no salt.  What we do have are hills, curves, winding roads and a lot of people who do not know how to drive on snowy, icy roads.  Put those together and you have DANGEROUS.

There were 3-4 inches on the ground when we got to the Girlies neighborhood and it looked like a Winter Wonderland!

The Girlies had already been out in it

but were back inside waiting for us, rather impatiently.  To OPEN PRESENTS! 

I think the forest was a hit. 

It was opened with big wows from Girlie#2,

soft wows from Baby Girlie,

with Girlie#1 being almost speechless.  However, she went right to work

setting the forest up exactly like she they wanted it.

I had to get down on the floor and play with them.  Of course, I really couldn't wait didn't want to but they expected me to sooooooo...........

As for the Birds, the Baby Girlie picked one up, gave me her crinkly nosed grin and said buhd.  She knew instantly.  Then we had a delightful time with Meme stacking them up and Baby Girlie knocking them down.  She was very good at this game.

Meme and Papa's favorite gifts.  Girlie Art Work Mugs,

and Girlie Made Snowball Soap.

We had to leave early because of the real snow but it was a wonderful day and a beautiful, blessed White & Slippery Christmas in Dixie!

AU Girls, this is not our plate!