Cole and I woke up around 6 a.m. to discover a few inches of snow on the ground. It's supposed to continue snowing today. It's very cold and not too nice at all with the wind and the little flakes of snow swirling around. Even Lucy only stayed outside long enough to pee when I let her out.

I've had a request for my stew recipe. I'm quite honored, yet at the same time I'm embarrassed since I don't really have a recipe. Truth be told, I'm not much of a cook. I think I could be if I'd put time and effort into it, but I usually don't care to do more than the absolute basics. Some days even that doesn't happen :)

Cory loved my stew, though, and said his mouth was watering even early in the morning while it was cooking. So, here's what I added to the crockpot:

about 1 lb stew meat
handful of baby carrots
couple stalks of celery, chopped
half a small onion, chopped (I would have added more, but my eyes were burning and Cole wanted to be held)
three potatoes, cut in about 1 inch bits
about 20 oz. beef broth
salt, pepper, basil

Cory always adds more salt and pepper, but I never do. It's definitely not the world's greatest stew, but it makes us happy :)

Right now Cole's playing with a bowl of snow. I think he's rather confused how it can be as cold as an ice cube yet not look or feel that way.

When I was dressing Cole this morning, he said sock.