This is what we've been dealing with here. Cooper is obsessed with the snow, and wanted to spend all day outside yesterday walking around, making snow angels, attempting to build a snowman, etc. It is difficult to explain to a two year old why she can't go outside and play when the air temperature is -10 F and wind chills make it feel like -30 to -40 F.
Dad even built her a snow slide to enjoy the fun. Camp and I have been perfectly content holed up indoors the last few days. Neither of us complains about spending the day in our pajamas. I only wish I could partake in his two naps per day routine.
With the storm of the century approaching, we decided to test out a new recipe from one of my new cookbooks. I really have been looking towards healthier eating habits with the turn of the new year, but we just couldn't pass up the opportunity to try a winter weather favorite, BBQ pork and beans, (this recipe from a previous version of his book). Since the store was out of just about everything, we had to use black-eyed peas instead of the usual great northern or navy beans; Ryan and I agreed the black-eyed peas were ideal in this recipe (since they seemed to hold up to slow/all day cooking). We also used a combination of three different sample size barbecue sauces, since we received some in a gift set for the holidays. We cooked it in a dutch oven in a low oven all afternoon, rather than in the slow cooker as the recipe calls for, because everything tastes better in a Le Creuset.
On the docket for tonight, turkey tacos and the national championship game!
Hope you are all enjoying the weather as much as Coop is!
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