Ice Daze

It is icy and ridiculously cold here.  RIDICULOUSLY cold.  While parts of Texas get snow every year, North Central Texas is not one of those parts.  We are now suffering enjoying our second blast of arctic fun within the last few weeks.  The first one was kinda fun, we got a few inches of snow on a Sunday, lots of fun to play in and make snowpeople out of.  My kids had a great time:

     No idea why I can't get this picture to turn upright..grrrrrrrrr!

  This time around, they haven't gone outside ONCE..and I'm ok with that.  It is roughly 20 degrees outside, with a wind chill of  2!  TWO!  No fluffy fun snow this time, either.  Just ice.  It arrived in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, sounding like Sonic ice (yum!) raining from the sky and pelting my windows. 
  Our schools are closed for the second day in a row (also an extremely rare occurance) and most likely will be closed again tomorrow!  This is what outside looks like right now:

 Solid ice.  Idgie won't even get off the patio!  I think since we are trapped in the house, my three monsters  angels need something crafty to do.  After their quiet time (ah, sweet quiet time!) is over, we will make some Valentine's Day decorations for the house.  Stay tuned to see how it all turns out!