In late January, we had a really fun & substantial snow storm- 14+ inches in all!
School (& everything else!) was cancelled on a Friday because of the forecast. Like clockwork, the snow began falling mid morning and the kids were outside right away! It continued to snow heavily for nearly 48 hours- all day Friday, Saturday, and into Saturday night. Going into the storm, I tend to get antsy, worried about being stuck inside. I felt so thankful for the community in our neighborhood during this storm! The timing of the storm was also so perfect- because if fell on a Friday, workplaces shut down in advance and then we had the whole weekend to play together- Mike ended up working from home on Monday as well. Having him home for the whole storm makes ALL the difference. Can I get an AMEN?!
{the facial expression in this picture says SO much.}
This girl is so rambunctious. She has to cartwheel and handstand everywhere she goes.
The snow fell hard for two days. Ben's breath is taken!
neighborhood kids in the backyard
We enjoyed neighbors here on Friday eve, and Bingo for the kids at a neighbor's on Saturday.
Mike and I had a date on the second afternoon- we got all three kids to nap and headed outside together- we visited the creek and sledded together :)
It snowed into the night and then we woke up to gorgeous sunshine on Sunday morning. We walked to a neighbor's house for Church with three other families. The whole neighborhood was out on Sunday, so we enjoyed sledding, sunshine and shoveling!
The kids were out of school until Thursday, which was a two hour delay. We fared well mentally with Mike home on Monday. Lily set up a "banquet lunch"- we did tell her that generally its nice if guests can look at and converse with one another. :)
We had gymnastics for Ben on Tuesday (the cuteness!) & some general craft/activity ideas, but we began to go south by Wednesday so were thrilled to head back to school on Thursday!
The neighborhood squad, plus two boys & two babies who aren't pictured.
So long, snow. Until next year---
