Today we woke up to almost a foot of snow piled up in the yard. We watched from the windows as the snow continued to pile, and eventually began to cover all the bushes, the picnic table, the cars...and it just kept coming. As I type this at 4:30 we are over 12 hours into the storm, we have about 18-20" of snow, and it is *still* coming down.
After lunch the snow had calmed down enough that Ahren decided to head out to start clearing it away. Lexi went out with her dad, and Zach and I joined them about a half hour later, after he woke up from his nap. The way the wind was blowing the snow around, I expected we would only be out for a few minutes before the kids called it quits. The blowing snow did bother Zachary at first, but putting his goggles on proved to be a quick fix, and there was never another complaint. Lexi and Zach stayed out there happy as clams for a solid two hours. They had a blast playing in the snow banks. Zachary, once again, wouldn't do anything without his "shobel" in hand.
It was a fun afternoon, and now we just hope it won't snow so much more that it requires additional clean up. Off to make the hot chocolate...
After lunch the snow had calmed down enough that Ahren decided to head out to start clearing it away. Lexi went out with her dad, and Zach and I joined them about a half hour later, after he woke up from his nap. The way the wind was blowing the snow around, I expected we would only be out for a few minutes before the kids called it quits. The blowing snow did bother Zachary at first, but putting his goggles on proved to be a quick fix, and there was never another complaint. Lexi and Zach stayed out there happy as clams for a solid two hours. They had a blast playing in the snow banks. Zachary, once again, wouldn't do anything without his "shobel" in hand.
It was a fun afternoon, and now we just hope it won't snow so much more that it requires additional clean up. Off to make the hot chocolate...
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