Playing in the snow!!

What a wonderful birthday I had yesterday!
I woke to a beautiful sight...our first snowfall for the season.

All three grandkids spent the night here & when they woke they couldn't wait to get outside. They decided to build a snowman. It was perfect snow for that.

They kept rolling & rolling. Soon they came running into the house hollering for Grampy. "Can you come out & help us get the middle ball on top of the bottom? We can't lift it." We both went to the window to see what they had done. LOL... The balls were huge! So Grampy got dressed to go help.

I could see they were getting cold. So I made some hot cocoa and told them to come in and warm up & they could go back and finish later. It didn't take them long to slurp the cocoa down and they got some more warm, dry clothes on & went back out.
A little later they came running in the house again "Gramma come see!"
This is what I saw...

My very own Birthday Snowman!!!
And just in time. The rest of the family got to see my snowman as they pulled into the drive.
Of course Uncle Tom had to get out & play in the snow too.

It didn't take long before the snowball fight began.
Then came the challenge.





NA NA NA NA NA NA!!










Whatever Zack tried, obviously didn't work.







And Jordan looks like she is going to end up on the ground too.


But wait....



Kelly Scores!!!


And just in time! Danny's homemade potato soup is steaming hot and Tammi has the grilled ham & cheese sandwichs finished.
Afterwards I got to open my birthday presents. I got a couple of beautiful tops and this new set of pans.


THEY ARE PINK!!!! I love it.
Sometimes I wonder how I deserve such a wonderful family!

Now I have to concentrate on Christmas. Last minute shopping, presents to wrap and more cookies to bake.
I do hope that my blogging friends that got hit with the snow blizzard are all safe & warm.
Holiday Blessings to all!

Christmas Giveaway !

Here it is !!
My free Christmas giveaway.
I've put together a group of a couple of my shabby cottage Snowman items to give to one lucky person. Winning this Christmas giveaway will be so easy. Anyone can enter, even non bloggers.
If you leave a comment in this area, that is good for one entry to win. Want to add more chances? Take the picture and link in my sidebar, copy and place it in your sidebar, that's good for another entry. Or for one more entry, post about it in your blog. That's three entries that are possible.
I do appreciate any positive comment that is left. Make sure you leave the link to your blog in your comment so I can read it and tally up your entries. Or leave your email address ( put in your comment that you left your email address at my email if you don't want it posted in the comments, grammasstuff@yahoo.com put "giveaway" in subject line ). I would hate to not be able to get in touch with the winner!!
I will be excepting entries from now until Nov. 29 at midnight(US EST).The winner will be selected on November 30th.

That seemed like a lot of writing now you would probably like to see what the prize is?

I made three snowballs, pink, aqua and purple. I placed them in an old bowl that is pink spattered with aqua leaves. It is sitting on a 13" x 13" candlemat that is reversible. One side has snowmen the other is a pink flannel print. Then I have a snowlady that is made out of a sock and is filled with potpourri. She has a gingerbread scent.

Wouldn't this look cute sitting on your table? Just enter here.
Good luck everyone! Spread the word. Happy Holidays!