SnowJam 2009: We Survived!

[puppetmaker]

We are dug out and our sidewalk is clear except where the snow service for our neighbor blew snow back onto the sidewalk that Peter so carefully cleared. Most of our neighbors have cleared their walks as well. The driveway was a pain but Peter got his snow blower to work and took care of the lion's share of the 2 foot snow drifts while Ariel and I finished up the job with shovels.

Final snow fall I thought was 18 inches but my local meteorologist (Who lives across the street) informed me that the total he told me was slightly off yesterday when he got home from tracking the storm. We got 22 inches and one town over they got 25.

Caroline has a blast in the snow. She and Ariel made snow angels


(Caroline and Ariel flat on their backs in the snow)



(Caroline's snow angel after she got up)

She rolled around and played in the snow for almost two hours(with a break to thaw out and then she want back out again) until I told her to come in and warm up.


(Caroline giving me a look of "Aw Mom let me play some more" and covered in snow)

Side note to my parents: You were right. Shoveling snow does take the thrill and wonder out of snow.

Peter and Caroline made yummy brownies and I made us all a very nice warm dinner. All in all a very nice day for us.

I am grateful that we had so much fun even with all the snow.

Comments

[dulcinbradbury.livejournal.com]

It's so weird that the East coast is buried...

and here in upstate NY, we've got bare dead grass.

[barbarienne.livejournal.com]

My first year of college I got more snow than my sister's school did. I was at UVa and she was at SUNY Albany.

Some years the weather is freaky-deaky!

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

I feel an attack of AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW coming on.

And re: Shoveling snow does take the thrill and wonder out of snow.

Damned skippy.

OW!
OW!
OW!
OW!

I have 2 Ibuprofen in me and 24 hours later I still hurt.

OW!

[trinalin.livejournal.com]

Ah, I miss those days of spending hours & hours playing outside in the snow. They are great memories (and I'm sure Caroline will cherish them in the future). :-)

[hazelwitch.livejournal.com]

Yay for snow angels and surviving! I'm glad everyone had a good time. :)

[readinggeek451]

I'm glad you survived.

And even gladder I got the heck out of Dodge before the storm started.

[alycewilson.livejournal.com]

Yay for snow angels!