December 17, 2007
Snow Day
We got a snow day yesterday. Somewhere between 8" - 12" of snow piled up upon us, and church was canceled - although not before I'd gone out to shovel in the wee hours of the morning. My daughter stuck her head out the door to report that it was closed when I was about 3/4 done with the driveway, so I finished that but didn't shovel around the big van or do the sidewalks, I left those for the children, later.
It was very beautiful. And very blustery.
It made for a wonderful lazy day of movies, knitting, and playing. We took advantage of the time to have our annual "meat and cheese and crackers" meal, thanks to my grandma's annual gift of a Swiss Colony package of sausages and cheeses. This is one of the children's favorite Christmastime traditions. :-)
In the afternoon I went out with the children to play. We built a small sled ramp in the back yard by shoveling snow up into a heap at the edge of the basketball pad where there's a small hill.
After the two littlest went in, the two biggest children and I went to the nearby golf course to sled down the BIG hill. I'm glad I only took the two biggest, since the winds were brisk and the drifts were high. And, since I didn't take the camera, there is no proof that I scream all the way down the hills. We returned home for cocoa and coffee.
A most excellent snow day.
Posted by Kim at December 17, 2007 7:44 AMYou do not know how much I am coveting your snow. It hasn't snowed here since before Lucas was born, and then it was only enough for my kids to make a teeny tiny snowman of the hood of our car. And poor Lucas...he has seen enough Christmas shows on television to assume that it is supposed to snow at Christmas time, so if anyone asks him about Santa or Christmas, he nods gravely and tells them that all of that Christmas stuff will surely be upon us, just as soon as he sees the snow. He will be a bit disallusioned, I think. :o)
Posted by: Leigh at December 17, 2007 9:20 AMWow, you guys had a much more fun day than we had! I spent a big chunk of the day trying to get the Christmas cards done. Bleh...
Posted by: Erin at December 17, 2007 10:14 AMLooks like a fun, COLD time! I would like snow a lot more if it didn't stick to streets and sidewalks!! I don't fall well, and invariably I will.
Posted by: Theresa at December 17, 2007 10:21 AMBeautiful pics of the snow!
Posted by: C.C. Almon at December 17, 2007 11:07 AMI'm glad you enjoyed your snow day! We're still digging out here. The wind blew so much last night that all the carefully shovelled and ploughed snow wound up spread all over the place again.
Posted by: Rosanne at December 17, 2007 2:49 PMHey, Erin, I got my Christmas cards done too! The children enjoyed digging holes in the snow piles pushed up by my dh's plow. They told me they were making Wampa caves.
Posted by: karen at December 17, 2007 6:10 PMHey, Erin, I got my Christmas cards done too! The children enjoyed digging holes in the snow piles pushed up by my dh's plow. They told me they were making Wampa caves.
Posted by: karen at December 17, 2007 6:10 PM
