December 10th, 2013 by sara

SNOW!!

LOTS of it!!

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On Friday, we got SEVEN inches of snow.  Jonah even went out with a ruler and measured.
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After breakfast, we bundled up and went for a walk in the snow, right down the middle of the street and through the park.
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Nora was excited to catch “TEN snowflakes” on her tongue, and was a fan of licking handfuls off her gloves.
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She was even tough enough to try a snow angel while it was still snowing heavily down onto her face.
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Jonah enjoyed the scene, too, as we headed off to the hill where we could hear faraway sledders already having fun.
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We watched people go down for a little bit and then a family who wasn’t using their plastic saucers kindly let us borrow theirs for some trips down the hill.
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Nora was eager to give it a try right away.  We had a few fast rides, and ended up backwards a few times.  After watching us go down, Jonah decided to take two trips with me, too.  (He also took this picture.)
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Unfortunately, it was a very dry snow and wasn’t good for building things or packing snowballs, but Jonah did his best to pitch a few anyway.  :)
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My little snowgirl.
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Sean was sent home from work early, so he went out with the kids for some afternoon playtime – showed them how to make snow angels.
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And headed off to explore the snowy meadow.
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Then…  No school on Monday.  Or Tuesday.  And already called off for Wednesday…  Not sure if they’ll make it back this week.  But by Tuesday, it seemed like it might be a good idea to at least get the car cleared off.
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The snow has been fun overall, but the painfully cold temperatures have not.  We’ll all be glad when things get back to the usual gray and rainy winter.

 

Comments

2 Responses to “SNOW!!”
  1. Grandma & Grandpa says

    What fun…. AND what memories!!! So glad the kids had enough snow to really enjoy, since it’s not a regular occurrence in your neck of the woods. Remember when cleaning off the car was fun??? (haha)

  2. Gran and Grandad says

    Yes, you must have had a real NW powder snow dump!! Thanks for the pictures.

    Love,

    Grand and Grandad

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