We're surviving the great snowpocalypse of 2014.
There was plenty of warning. But when just two weeks ago, some local school districts canceled classes and the media flipped out over basically nothing, many people (myself included) didn't think this storm would be quite what it turned out to be. So on Wednesday, we got up and I took the kids to school. Jonathan went to Duke for a CT and appointment with the surgeon, and all was well. We knew school was closing at 12:30, which was fine, so Jonathan got the kids while I went out to lunch for my birthday. When we arrived at the restaurant, it had just started to flurry. We couldn't see outside during lunch, or we might have left earlier, because when we walked out to the parking lot less than an hour later, there was already an inch or so of snow. It came fast. The 10 minute drive back to the office took about 30 minutes, and then the 30 minute commute home from the office took me 2.5 hours (it took my friend 5 hours to make her 15 minute commute home).
So today was a snow day. Everything was closed.... except my work, which means I get to eat up the vacation time I was carefully saving. But I'm not sure how it's possible to work with two shorties in the house. So, we played.
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| Playing Nintendo; The Second Wave of Snow; Sledding on Day 1; Taking a Walk |
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| Snow Angels; Dogpile on Mommy; Boots on the Ground; Playing at Central Park; Dogpile on Daddy; Making a Fire |
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| Things that happen when your'e the firstborn... You get way more photo ops. |
It was a good day. We watched The Lion King, made maple taffy, built fires, went sledding, made paper snowflakes, danced, read books, played Nintendo, had a picnic dinner on the kitchen floor, Gideon figured out how to climb out of his crib, the kids took a long enough nap that I got my meditation done then, Jonathan played some games and took a nap... good good good.
Tomorrow's another snow day. And then two days of weekend? Wheeeew.
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