Helen was a mess not knowing if she was going to have to go to school or not. It had not started snowing yet and she was irritated. We were headed to bed and she was letting the dog out when she came back in and said it had finally started to snow. The boys immediately ran outside and we had almost 3 inches within an hour. We had fun staying up late watching all the weather reports from around the city.
In the morning Adam was so excited that he ran outside without a jacket. Helen had to call him back in to put his jacket on. He was all jumpy and with the veins in his little neck popping out he kept saying, "Mommy, hurry I have to go!"
Helen and I went on a walk to check things out
The kids had found a decent hill to sled on
Somebody started a snowball fight - me against all the kids
Lulu didn't like the snow. If had to drag my bare belly through it I probably wouldn't either.
The best part - warming up in front of the fire with some hot chocolate
Adam called this neighbor's driveway his penguin slide
Derek talked Helen into sledding down with him
Derek and a friend from the neighborhood used the down time to work on their Italy project for school
We're back to our regularly scheduled programming after a week off due to the snow. We were just starting to get some traction after the Christmas break when the snow rolled in. It was fun for a couple days, but then we were ready for it to be gone.
My employer required everyone to work from home so it wasn't as carefree as it could have been. Along with the usual distractions, I was dealing with my compulsion to keep things reasonably ordered and with everyone home as well as all the neighbor kids running in and out - restoring order required fairly constant vigilence on my part.
Every canceled day brought new worrying from Helen about when she would have to make it up. It's been a long time since she had to go back to school after Memorial Day, but it's looking like that will be the case...and she's not happy about it.
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