Snow Day

We've had our first official "SNOW day" of the season today (ice and dustings of snow don't count even though the kids had no school)!  The snow accumulations compare nothing to last years, but the heavy, wetness of it all made for a fun storm.

The kids had no school yesterday.  

I'm still not sure why.

So we enjoyed the day before the storm came.

We had lunch at Pizza Hut.

Made some cupcakes.

Around 3 it started to hail hard.

 

And then it snowed.  And snowed.  And snowed.  

Within minutes our grass was completely covered with snow for the first time this season!

The kids were thrilled (so was I).

We shoveled.

We made a snowman.

 

When Rob came home, we went sledding. Can you see us in there?  The snow was pouring from the sky.

 

Too much play, no time for dinner.  I heated up leftovers for the kids.

Then the power went off and then on and then off again (around 6:15pm).

So we made a fire and put the little ones to bed in the family room. 

And the older kids, roasted extra large marshmallows in the fireplace. 

The snow was so bright and pretty and heavy and messy, but we were safe and cozy in our home.

 

We couldn't have asked for a better night.

And now for our first "snow day", I've kicked the kids outside for the morning to ENJOY it!!

 (Evan building his own snow cave.)

 (Anna following the neighbors around.)

(Tyler and pals beginnings of a snow fort.)

Oh, and in case you were wondering, the power came back on sometime between 4:30 and 6:00 am.  Rob purchased an indoor propane heater last year that toasted our place right up.  In fact, I was sweating.  So, no worries--we did not freeze!