Snow Day, 2011!

Last week there was a HUGE storm predicted for our area. We were supposed to get about 8 inches of snow on Tuesday night, followed by more snow for the next 3 or 4 days. Oh, we were excited! A couple of snow days! Sleeping in, hot cocoa, and all that free time because all scheduled activities get cancelled!

Well, the day before it was supposed to hit, the weathermen kind of down-graded the forecast. Yeah, we could get about 5 inches on Tuesday night, but by Wednesday morning it would be raining. We went to bed Tuesday night watching the snow fall, but convinced it would be gone by morning and we’d have school.

Of course on Tuesday at school, all the teachers and students were excited about the possibility of a snow day. Teachers handed out extra homework, told the kids to play in the snow and that they would see them on Thursday. I think everyone in the county was so convinced we would have a snow day, that the administrators of all the schools just decided to call it, no matter what.

We woke up on Wednesday morning to about 4 inches of wet snow and slushy roads and a SNOW DAY! Woo-hoo! We were pretty excited. Unfortunately the roads were not actually bad enough for Ed to stay home, but we made the most of our free day. I made the girls go outside at about 9:30 because I knew that snow would not last!

Sarah rolling the bottom part of the snowman…

Cute boot kick there, girlie!

Becca & Elise and a neighbor girl (in the middle) making angels.

Rolling the snowman’s middle

Rolling the snowman’s head

Building a fort, of course…

We must have had a little freezing rain because a number of my plants had a thing layer of ice that was starting to melt, and we had icicles, too. So, since there was freezing rain, I don’t think it was an unnecessary snow day. Freezing rain is dangerous. It really is!

Eventually the neighbors came over and they continued to play in the snow until it started really raining and they all got wet. Then it was hot cocoa with marshmallows, mac & cheese for lunch, and more playtime with friends until we went to Lynden for music lessons. The roads were better that afternoon than they had been in over a week when we had just a bit of snow & ice, which didn’t thaw in many places on our route to Lynden. Needless to say, we didn’t get another snow day and I have my doubts that we will. It’s been warm, raining, and flooding ever since. When I was in high school we once had a few days off due to flooding – and I think that happened here a couple years ago as well. No one could get anywhere because of all the road closures. It won’t surprise me if that happens at some point this year because it’s looking like it’s going to continue being a very WET winter!