Snow Day

We had ourselves a full fledged snow day here in our little neck of the woods. The anticipation of the much talked about snow fall was what everyone had been buzzing about for the past few days. Would we, or wouldn't we get tons of snow dumped on us like they'd been predicting? The kids came in to wake me up at about 6:30 to tell me we had lots of snow and much more was falling fast. We had finally gotten our beautiful winter wonderland we've been hoping for. Kendle had already checked the school delays and closures and was happy to find her school had a 2 hour delay. Morgan didn't have preschool as well so the kids were pretty stoked. They were in their snow gear and out the door by 7:45.  I decided to just keep Kendle home since Wednesdays are early release days anyways. It was a wise decision. The snow just dumped on us all day long and there was a chill wind blowing snow everywhere. We had big drifts blocking our front door and the back sliding door. The wind finally died down, but it was still pretty bitter cold and the temperatures continued to drop. Later in the afternoon things started to freeze and we now have gigantic icicles hanging from the roof line. I talked Riley into having a snow day with the kids as well, so he took them sledding after lunch for a good two hours or more and they had a blast. Then they came home and Riley shoveled the driveway off and did the sidewalks and the kids played in the snow some more. The twins went out for a little while to hang out with Riley, but as soon as they get cold they're done and want to come in. It doesn't help that they fall down every five seconds and get totally covered in snow. It was a good day and we've already heard that school is cancelled for tomorrow as well. The snow fun (and all the constant putting on of coats, hats, gloves, boots, scarves and then taking them off again and drying them out) will continue!

Here are a few pictures of the children bright and early this morning: