This day I love.......: sledge

I sat in bed last night and watched the snow fall, knowing that should it settle I would have two very excited girls in the morning. At 6.30 this morning I was woken to an excited voice shouting 'SNOW' as loud as they could. My prediction of excitement could have been slightly underestimated. The girls gazed out of the window in absolute awe of the snow.

Today was one of those days when the girls just got dressed without messing around. They were keen to get out in the snow, even if we had only a small amount. Still some snow to them is better than no snow.

We had huge squeals of delighted and lots of laughing from both girls as they played out in the snow. They had snowball fights and made a snowman but their favourite was sitting in their sledges and zooming down the hill.

They thoroughly enjoyed themselves playing out in the snow and came inside with red cheeks and big smiles.

This day I love a snow day

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With the snow starting to melt the girls wanted to make the most of it and play outside. They loved playing on their sledges and I think would quite happily have spent all day and night on them.

We had lots of fun playing and racing up and down the garden. As night began to fall it was time to come inside and visit Grandma and Grandad and to say goodbye to their Auntie who was returning home. We had our dinner and played a family game, Frozen Frustration.

The girls got really into the game, thought did not like it when they had to go back to the start. Things soon began to heat up and it wasn't long before a winner was announced.

The girls had a lovely day playing with family and playing in the last of the Frozen snow

This day I love Family Frozen Frustration Fun

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J loves snow. He is happy rolling in it, chasing it and eating it. He just loves snow

Spotty dog has never seen snow before. We let her out whilst is was snowing last night, but she didn't seem at all bothered. This morning she discovered that she could eat snow and so spent most of the morning running round to eat up the snow.

Having spent all morning out in the snow the girls needed to warm up. We decided to go inside and make some of our Nutella brownies.

My youngest seemed to really enjoy baking with Nutella, although more of it seemed to be eaten than used for brownies. We decided to add in some crushed ginger biscuit so give it a richer taste. I think my eldest just wanted to hit the biscuits with the rolling pin [Yes that is a spotty dog trying to help with the baking]

We got creative with our brownies and turned them into cups. It seemed fitting with it cold outside to have some hot chocolate and this seemed a fun way to warm up. By placing an empty bun try inside the bun tray with brownie mix in, the brownie cooks round the outside creating a cup shape.

The brownies made a great cup shape, but we had to be careful to remove the top tray in case it had got stuck. I tidied up the edges before removing them from the tray.

I decided to add a ginger biscuit onto the bottom of each cup, just to give it a bit more stability. I stuck it on using the gooey off cuts from the edges.

Our cups were now ready for our hot chocolate.

I decided to treat the girls to some of the new Gü hot chocolate. Gü Puds have recently launched a new range of Gü hot chocolate. The Gü hot chocolate comes in a 750ml carton and is priced at £1.99. The Gü hot chocolate can then be enjoyed cold or warmed in the microwave for hot chocolate. I warmed it a little for the girls and sprinkled some marshmallows on top.