This past week, snow was predicted and when you looked at the weather map, it was clear it was going to be quite a bit (for us). Schools on Wednesday started announcing early release days. Andy was out at 10:30 and Cal was out at noon. After I picked up Andy, he was mad about something and wasn't on his best behavior, so when we picked up Cal and several moms were all meeting at Chick-Fil-A for lunch, I opted out since my littlest friend was "acting a fool."
THANK GOODNESS I didn't go. The snow started right around 12:30 and it came down SO hard SO fast. All of my friends that went to CFA had such a hard time getting home. My sweet friend Sally called me and asked if she could come to our house because she couldn't make it home-- the roads were AWFUL! People were abandoning their cars right and left and just walking. The scenes on the news looked like the Atlanta traffic during their snow storm.
Eddie has a pick up truck with 4 wheel drive so thankfully he was able to get out and about okay. He drove Sally and her kids home and then we stayed in for the night.
At 12:45, when the flurries started, we ran outside to catch a few in our mouths...
We woke to a LOT of snow on Thursday morning! It was up to Cal's knees in many places.
This kid loves the snow-- I wouldn't be surprised if he moves to a snowy place when he gets older (but, seriously, please don't, Cal....please). He ran around making snow angels and diving into the snow and playing his little heart out.
Also one to love the snow? Hank Williamson. This pup was an animal (haha) out there! He also made snow angels and ran like crazy and dove into piles. He slept for 2 straight days after playing one morning so hard.
Andy liked the snow too! He wasn't quite sure what to do with it all, and he certainly wasn't going to dive in it to make a snow angel, but he had a lot of fun walking around and kicking it up high.
The snow stopped, but then we got a freezing rain and the temps dropped so it all froze.... another day off from school!
We would play outside a bit and then get cozy inside. Eddie was able to go in to work, so he would leave and we and the boys would find ways to entertain ourselves inside. Thank goodness for iPads and Olympics!
We headed over to a friend's house for a snowy play date-- they were excited! On our way there, we saw 40-50 cars left on the side of the road-- so scary for those poor people...!
Jackson was at the play date...
And they figured out it is softer to tackle in the snow!
Andy got there and immediately stripped down out of his snow suit and let himself into their house. He is not a huge fan of the snow suit!
The snow was really very pretty and we enjoyed it for a few days, but being stranded inside the house is not much fun after the first few days!!! Valentine's Day was on Friday, and by Friday evening, I was over it all! No breaks, no working out, no quiet time with a non-napping two year old (who desperately needs a nap)....
That's the thing about North Carolina... it is supposed to be 70 this weekend! Holla!
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