Sleepover!

I had a sleepover at Meema and Grumpy's on Friday night so Mama and Dad could have a date and go to a restaurant. The bed was a little crowded with me and my two special blankets and Blue Elephant and Snuggle Puppy and Margo and Dolly and Meema and Corycat and Jenny, but it was nice and warm.

When we woke up, there was snow everywhere!

After breakfast (pancakes, of course,) Meema and I made snow ice cream. She got a bowl full of fresh, fluffy snow and added some sugar. I put in the vanilla and then Meema poured in heavy cream while I stirred.

It was Very Good! (And Very Cold!) I took Grumpy a bowl and he liked it and Meema and I had some and we liked it and Jenny and Bob licked the bowls and wished there was more. 

 

Snow Cream -- A Slightly Wistful Repost

We haven't had snow like this this winter and, while I'm not complaining, I'd sure like to make some snow cream ... this was originally posted on February 5, 2009.

 

Yesterday was a beautiful snowy day and at some point in the afternoon I remembered that Bo Parker had mentioned snow cream in one of his emails to me. I haven't made it it years, not since my boys were young, and, as I grew up in Florida, snow cream was definitely not a family tradition. But I still remember reading about the Bobbsey Twins making it and how magical it sounded.

And yesterday's snow was especially lovely, supremely dry and fluffy. I went out around four and scooped up a bowlful then rushed back to the kitchen and sprinkled a little sugar on it along with a dollop or so of vanilla . . .

. . . then stirred in half and half till it began to seem like ice cream. John and I shared the bowl and it was amazing! Pure and simple and very, very cold. So good, in fact, that after supper I made more.

Thanks, Bo! And thanks to the Bobbsey twins.