Snowpocolypse? Snowmaggedon? How About Just Snowed In!

That's right...the predicted 3-6 inches of snow we were supposed to get on Wednesday somehow turned into 21 inches!!!  Some are calling it Snowpocolypse.  Others Snowmaggedon.  Me, I just call it Snowed In and COLD (-13 when we woke up yesterday)!  Here it is Friday and the roads are still not completely plowed (our street hasn't seen a plow yet) but tomorrow and the rest of this weekend it's supposed to be in the 50s!  Thank you El Nina!  Check out these pics Brad took yesterday:

Do you see how high that snow is compared to the seat of the chairs?!?!

Still pretty

Our dock

So what does one do with 3 more snow days (the grand total is 10 so far this winter)?  In the past I would have gone CRAZY, but having Quinn around has definitely made things better.  It's pretty hard to get bored with him around.  I've spent a lot of time on the floor playing and therefore have realized that I probably need to clean under my kitchen cabinets and the baseboards as well (CHECK...done).  I've tried to work out a little bit (thank you Quinn for jumping with me during P90X, clapping for me, and for being my extra 17 pound weight for the last 10 minutes when you had enough of playing by yourself), shovelled both us and our neighbors out, gone through closets for Good Will, had a number of dance parties and learned far too many kids songs, and worked on taxes...oh the daunting task that is taxes! 

By now you're saying "I know Maria better than that...she had to get out of the house!"  Okay...you're right.  But I'm weathering this storm better than the last.  You see, we were out for 4 days last week for the first major snowfall of the season as well.  Here are the pics I took during our first storm of 8 inches:

Still Snowing

Of course we went out for a walk

Yes I was the only one smiling after we got less than 2 blocks from home 

We are ALL ready for springtime!

With 7 total snow days in 2 weeks, you know I've done my fair share of cooking as well.  In fact, I've added 5 new recipes to my list as well as 2 new baby food items.  I have great recipes for Cream of Broccoli Soup (http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Best-Cream-Of-Broccoli-Soup/Detail.aspx)  and Carrot Cake (http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Best-Carrot-Cake-Ever/Detail.aspx).  I made a turkey breast in the slow cooker yesterday (it was good, I just don't LOVE turkey especially in huge amounts).  With the leftovers I made delicious Turkey Taco Wraps (http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Taco-Turkey-Wraps/Detail.aspx?prop31=3) and I'll let you know how the Turkey Tetrazzini turns out (http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Turkey-Tetrazzini-II/Detail.aspx?prop31=3)

As for Quinn's food he LOVED his homemade chicken nuggets made with chicken, onion, garlic, thyme, carrots, and apples as well as his Broccoli Nuggets with bread crumbs and cheddar cheese!  See for youself...I must be a good cook =)

Check out those 2 little teeth!