Cajun Cottage Under the Oaks

Building a Sneauxman 101

First you scrape the snow off your sister's hood:

Then you transfer it onto the ground because it keeps sliding off the car:

 

Then you pack it as tightly as you can and, because it's Louisiana wet snow, you keep packing and repacking it as tightly as you can:

 

And you enjoy looking at other snowmen created by friends in south Louisiana. This Cajun snowman was created by Marcie's son Matthew in New Iberia:

 

And your friend's snow angels. This one is Fran's:

 

Today this is all that is left of that lovely Cajun sneaux. For us this little guy reminds us of the magic of Christmas. Our sneauxman simply does not want to leave our happy home. And we hope he stays around a little longer to remind us of this happy December day.

Cajun Mittens

About that Snow Angel

 

 

Amy's idea of an angel stencil was a great one. I loved it. I thought it most creative. Yet...

I didn't believe enough that it would really snow. I didn't think it would snow or, if it did, snow enough to, as Chelsea said, "cover the ground", even for an angel stencil.

God's almighty arm proved me wrong.

Oh, me of little faith.

Do You Believe?

 

This was 3:00 o'clock in the morning and there we stood, four crazy Cajuns (the teenagers stayed in bed...party poopers!), in the open doorway in our pajamas with unblanketed legs...all  because it snowed today.

Guess we'll have to see about that snow angel in the morning.

Then I bundled up our December girl, whose greatest birthday wish was to see it snow, and we sat quietly in our sitting room chair watching huge fluffy flakes of snow gently tumble out of bed.

It. was. beautiful.

The Joys of Winter in Louisiana

A friend called this morning and this is the conversation I overheard:

Chelsea: "Annie, that was A----! Guess what! There's 70% chance of SNOW TONIGHT!"

Annie: "Oh My GOSH! We'll get to make Snow Angels!"

Chelsea: "No, Annie. If it snows, there won't be enough to cover the ground."

And the moment of joyful anticipation swirled away across the frozen Louisiana prairie.