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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Our blustery blizzard

It started snowing while we were eating dinner last night.  It was snowing when we went to bed.  It was snowing when we woke up.  It has been snowing all day and will continue into tonight.  I have no memory of ever being with this much snow!

Early morning view of the snow


We had a relaxing Saturday morning breakfast, including homemade donuts, and then ventured out into the snow.  Hubby T's mission was to try and keep up with clearing our driveway.  For the record he did a great job and, I suspect, will have difficulty moving tomorrow. 



 The rest of us just wanted to play!


Happy snowboy!

It occurred to me while I was getting dressed that I don't have snow pants that stretch over the tops of my boots and this snow was already deep enough at 10am to cover my boots!  Once we got outside, it also quickly occurred to me that snow deep enough to cover my boots is extremely difficult for little boys to walk in!  Fortunately my sister gave the boys plastic snow shoes for Christmas that put bear and dinosaur foot prints in the snow.  And while this is a fun idea, their real utility came in allowing the boys to actually move around!


There is not normally a hill here but he was determined to make it onto the deck!
This storm brought massive winds with it.  We are actually pretty used to strong winds with the way our house is situated in a little valley, but it really did a number on the snow that was falling.  When we opened our garage door this morning, there were several feet of clear pavement before the mound of snow started!  And when we opened the door again this afternoon, the snow had completely covered the previously open spot.  My "Let it Snow!" yard flag, ironically, disappeared overnight, we believe a victim of the crazy winds.  And in a couple parts of our yard I could still see grass while I was sinking to my knees walking around other parts.


I have no idea why our beautiful pond turned brown as it finished freezing overnight.  It reminds me of the nasty mostly-ineffective sand they put on the roads when we get snow back in Virginia.  Oh, and in case anyone is wondering, our pirate ship made it through the storm just fine, and Baby P made sure to go out and "shovel" the slide;)



He also made sure to throw some snow balls while he was "helping" Dad shovel the driveway:)

Despite the crazy, blustery winds, we went back outside this afternoon for more fun.  Baby P really didn't like the strong winds and had a hard time deciding between disliking the winds and wanting to help his daddy.  Leaving him behind to sort that out, Little B and I struck out on our own.  We treked down the driveway, across the street, and to the back of our neighbor's house to try some sledding in the common area of our neighborhood.  Even with his snow shoes, it was rough going for Little B and even rougher for me so we did one slide down a small hill and then called it a day.  I figured Gramma would be proud that we tried:)  Maybe it will be easier once the wind dies down (tomorrow?).  Oh well, I feel like we gave this first snowy day in our new house our best effort.  And I'm pretty sure my neighbors got a good laugh watching me sink waist deep into the pile of snow on the side of the road left by the plow - I certainly did:)  Hopefully there will be more less-windy fun tomorrow!

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