Q is for QUICK...LOOK! HURRY! BEFORE IT'S GONE!!!!!!

yesterday we had the adventure of a lifetime!

more excitement than one can bear in a single day...

truly.

what could POSSIBLY be MORE exciting than SNOW in TEXAS?

really.

yesterday i got a phone call from my friend stacey telling me that there was going to be SNOW at MARKET STREET (an outdoor shopping area in the middle of the woodlands).

and not just SNOW.

LIVE REINDEER too!

and so our day began! i rushed to get the boys ready. it's a tricky thing to dress for. what does one put on their child when they will be playing in the snow and yet it's 80 degrees outside?

we settled on polo shirts and shorts...but i insisted on shoes and socks rather than the standard flip flops...after all...it's SNOW.

the normal christmas crowds were even heavier...parking, almost IMPOSSIBLE to find...

this is a once a year event and so everyone was excited. children, in their snow boots. adults in their fur-trimmed down vests...all gathered together...

for this:

i must admit it made me giggle just a bit :) and i thought that some of you, my northern friends, would also get a kick out of seeing all the crowds gathered for a 12x12 (?) patch of (snow? ice? slush?).

of course, after a hard day of playing in the snow (LOL), the kids wanted hot chocolate...so we got some (yes, we actually DID) and went and sat outside by the giant christmas tree.

no pictures of the live reindeer. i learned something new yesterday:

REINDEER STINK! for real!!!!! i'm talking SERIOUSLY STINKY!

here are a few pics of the kids throughout the day:






the snow might not have lasted very long, but the memory of yesterday will last for a lifetime.

xoxo.