Nov 23- Snow and Christmas Ornaments

Today was a lovely day. We woke up to snow! Seriously. It never snows here. It wasn’t sticking as we got ready for church, but right as we readied ourselves to leave, it began to stick to the sidewalk and road. The Sadlers (our neighbors) had told us NOT to go to church if there was snow on the roads because the Brits don’t know how to drive in it and there are tons of accidents, so I popped over to their house to see if they were going. They were already on their way out the door, so we drove to church with confidence. All the while we were there, huge flakes drifted past the windows and we came outside to an inch or so of white fluffy fun.

We were hoping to get some great pictures of our house surrounded by the white stuff. Well, the weather decided not to cooperate. All of Mildenhall looked wet, as if it had simply been raining all day. I wish I would have brought my camera to church. The fields were gorgeous covered in white, with little cottages, visible through the bare forest, sending little ribbons of smoke from their chimneys. It looked like a painting, too perfect to be real.

Later that night, Kevin turned on Christmas music while Weslee and I made Cinnamon Applesauce ornaments for our Christmas tree that’ll come on Wednesday with our ground shipment of goods. We scooted a Rubbermaid tub up to the kitchen counter. He stood on it and helped mix the cinnamon and applesauce together. It was a little bit of a chore to keep him from eating it after adding the white glue. He kept saying, “Mmmmm, yummy!” and would try to stick the spoon in his mouth when I wasn’t looking. He especially liked the part where we rolled out the dough and cut out the circle shapes. He played with the remnants, mushing them between his fingers and throwing them all over the countertops, while I made tiny holes in the tops to loop ribbon in later when they are dry. We stuck them in a warm oven to dry and the house smelled like cinnamon rolls the rest of the night. I can’t wait to put them on the tree, which we’re decorating inexpensively with things we can make, and see how it looks. I can’t wait for Christmas to get here soon!