Snow Cream

We've had a good couple of days here at the Morgan household. I have been a little bit stressed, but when I put that aside I have enjoyed seeing the kids play in the snow. It's a little challenging because we don't have snow clothes, so anytime the kids go out and then come in I have to srtip them down at the door, put all new clothes on them and put all the clothes they were wearing in the dryer (or the washer as mud started to make it's appearance late this afternoon). But they have loved every second of it! Today, our friends Noah and Jocelyn came over (their mom used to teach Charlie's preschool teacher, and she was our babysitter for a couple of years). The kids had a major snowball fight in the backyard and then they came inside and we made "snow cream". In all my years growing up with snow in Canada i had never heard of snow cream. But one of my North Carolina friends told me it was what they did everytime it snowed. Maybe it's because snow is such a novelty here--anyway we mixed a big bowl of snow with 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup sugar and some vanilla. The kids were amazed! It tasted like vanilla ice cream! It was a hit and will be a tradition for the Morgan family whenever we are surrounded with snow.