Snow

So we woke up this morning to a few inches of snow. Looks pretty and looks heavy.

AB and I are off today but sending the kids into school. I am feeling a bit guilty about this since it is still in my mind "Christmas break" - though I did work Monday thru Wednesday. I keep reminding myself that there will be MANY years when our kids are in public school and we have to take off 2 weeks to relish the time when I do have care, plus the fact that I am paying for it.

Anyways... the snow.

Woke up to snow. Got the kids ready. AB is taking them in right now. We go to look at houses again starting at noon today and have a meeting with the builder a little later.

I sit down at the computer and open my work e-mail.

Work delay.

You HAVE to be kidding me.

Not that I actually get to take advantage of it with my scheduled time off. But I wouldn't have even guessed! All that week with mounds and mounds of snow and we had one work delay that started at 9:30am? And now this slushy couple of inches constitutes a delay till 10am?

My kids will be the first ones at school today. (More guilt.)

The ice

We have had some serious snow and cold here the last week or so. And it just keeps going on and on, more snow and more cold.

I love it.

I hauled the kids and the dog out with two sleds in tow this afternoon and we had a great time even though I wondered if I was going to keel over a few times as I pulled them back to the house, both kids on one sled, carried the other sled, and hiked home (since we headed out on foot). Even with Skadi standing there shivering she kept saying, "more sled now". MUST get Leif's old snowsuit out of the attic for her.

I snapped some pictures this evening. Not of the snow. But of the ice. These are some giant icicles on our house that envelope our Christmas lights. Really cool effect.

Recent pictures

Leif sledding.

The wuss kids in the snow. They are not related to me. They whined the entire time we were outside.

Skadi's Christmas party.

What IS the problem with snow angels?

I'm really not asking for much here...

Just some smiles? Happy angels?

Snow Day!

Guess what it is doing here?

And supposidly it is supposed to snow for the next three days off an on! What a treat!

(We are SO hoping for lots of snow - which would be a few inches by the standards here - that would result in closure of where AB and I work!)