Snow Day

Friday was our first snowfall of the year.  Kate and Jack were really excited to get their snow clothes on and went to the bus stop early so they could play in the snow until the bus came.  Luckily, they ended up deciding to close school at 10:00, so I got to pull the kids off of the bus and let them come home.  The bus was really late picking up the kids and then it was waiting across the street until the road to the school was cleared of cars that had slid off. 

Ty has been waiting to play in the snow and build a snowman for a long time.  He even saved his carrot from dinner the other night for his snowman.  

The kids spent a few hours outside on Friday and Saturday sledding, shoveling and building snowmen.  They loved it!

 

First Snow

We've had two snow storms this month.  The second storm gave us a snow day from school and work, and then a two hour delay the next day.  On the snow day, the kids couldn't wait to get outside and get sledding.

 The kids went down the driveway a few times.

 It took a minute to remember which side of the driveway is best for sledding (salted or unsalted)...

 Then we walked over to the middle school to sled there. 

Ty went down the middle school hill three times before he decided that his feet were frozen and that he needed to cry a lot.  Ty and I came home and warmed up while the kids sledded.

The kids wear their snow pants and boots to school.  They get to sled down the hill on the playground on plastic bags.  They love it!

Snowman

Dave and the kids made this snowman yesterday afternoon.  I love how it made most of the snow in the backyard disappear.  When I walk past the patio door I see the snowman out of the corner of my evey and think that there is someone in the backyard. 

The kids wanted to have a photo shoot with the snowman.  They planned these two poses: crazy faces and then look at the snowman.

 Ty was happy because I didn't tape his gloves to his coat, so he got them off.  It was pretty warm out, so I guess it was okay.

Snow Delay

One of the things that I love about living in Los Alamos are the snow delays that we get sometimes when it snows.  We got our first big snow storm of the season on Thursdsay night, so Friday morning Kate didn't have to go to school until 10:00 and they closed the lab, so Dave got to stay home.

We all went out to shovel and play in the snow. 

Ty didn't mind the snow, but he did mind that I duct-taped his gloves to his coat so he coiuldn't get them off.  He got mad that he couldn't hold the little snow shovel and cried for a while. 

The "Big One" that wasn't

We've been anticipating the "big one" coming this week. The weather-man has been talking about this huge storm. So far it hasn't turned out to be that exciting. It snowed pretty hard yesterday, so Kate got to come home from school at 12:30.

Today Jack's school was cancelled and KAte didn't have to go until 10:00. Dave didn't get a delay at the lab, so he had to go to work at 8:00 like usual. It didn't really snow much last night, so I guess the delay was a waste.

The snow we got today was really heavy and wet. I don't think I've ever shoveled snow as heavy as it was.

Here are a few pictures from this afternoon:

Jack in mid-air jumping off the snow pile.

The kids in the snow cave that Dave had just built. Too bad the picture of the kids actually smiling and being nice was too dark to post.

Our yucky-looking-snow piles.

The storm is supposed to last until tomorrow. We'll see if anything happens tonight. Bring on Spring!

Snow Day!

December 11, 2009

We had a snow day last week. I think we got about 14" of snow total from the storm. It was really cold and windy, but the kids still played outside for a while.
I went out while Ty was napping to help Dave shovel the rest of the sidewalks. I guess this picture shoes how windy it is. Check out the pine trees.

Snow Day

Today was a snow day! The lab and all the schools were closed today, so we all got to hang out at home together. Dave measured the snow in our backyard this morning and we have 13". Most of that is from the last two days. I guess it's supposed to keep snowing through Thursday, so we'll see how much we end up with.


The kids played in the snow for a little while this morning while Dave shoveled. I wish they would have played in the snow longer since it takes so long to get them dressed. Oh well...

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Not much new going on with us besides snow! I'm not quite sure I like the snow. It was kind of nice not having any. Oh well. It snowed once last week and I took some pics of the kids playing in the backyard.

After Kate went to school this afternoon, I bundled Jack up and we went out to tackle the shoveling (for the second time today). He really wanted to ride his bike and help me shovel. He really should wear a helmet when he rides that tiny little bike, especially when he rides it on ice.