Snow Day - How to make snow cream

Oh boy! We woke up to find three inches of snow had fallen during the night and it is still coming down.  I'm just like a little kid when it comes to snow.  Soon we will head out to make a snowman, have a snowball fight, pull the kids on the sled (the very same one I used as a child), and help them lay down in the snow to make perfect little snow angels.

Snow is not the norm here for winter.  Some years we see it and some years we don't.  So snow is really a big deal for us!  Today I will set out containers to collect the freshly fallen snow and then make a very special treat - Snow Cream.  Here is the recipe I use which doesn't use raw eggs (the recipe from when I was little sure did) -

Snow Cream
1 gallon of snow
1 cup sugar
2 cups of milk
1 tablespoon vanilla

1.  Collect the snow as it is falling.
2.  Stir in sugar and vanilla. 
3.  Stir in the milk until it is the desired consistency.

Snow cream is one of those things you eat at once.  Yum!