By the next morning there was no snow in sight, but Jeremy and I were daydreaming about a snow day. And then, just like that, before I left for work, the school district announced that they would have an early release day. All schools would end two hours early and there would be no after school activities. It seemed like a bit of an overreaction given that not a single flake had fallen, but it did give us more hope that Jeremy's classes would be canceled as they were not until that afternoon/evening.
I got home from preschool about 11:30am and there were a flew flakes falling, but nothing major. I knew though that is was only a matter of time before it would start sticking since it was about 20 degrees outside. About lunch time it started to stick. We watched the Lewis and Clark website just waiting for the announcement and sure enough, at about 1pm, the school announced they would be closing at 2pm and classes would be canceled. By early afternoon this is what things looked like
And we went sledding
Even Carrigan got in on the action
After that the snow just kept coming. We spent the next two days alternating between sledding at our house and treking (and by that I mean walking because we could not get our car out) over to Ben and Becca's house. The boys created a run with a jump outside Ben and Becca's house and had a blast seeing how much air they could get.
Today the snow began its slow melt. We decided to knock down the icicles on the house before someone was impaled and go build a snowman now that the snow was crunchy enough to stay together. Merrick wanted to name the snowman "Milmo Merrick"
This has been the most perfect weekend imaginable. It was so nice to be stuck more or less at home as a family and to get a rare snow experience. Tomorrow it may be back to business as usual, but only if the snow melts enough that we can get off our street. Only time will tell.
Update: It is official..school is closed for tomorrow.
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