First Winter Snow

Only two days ago, I was out enjoying the warm days and cool nights of late fall. Then BAM! A white out. Well, by the my standards anyway. Hays and I went on a shopping trip before lunch and we saw three wrecks on the way back. Seriously. That fast. I only wish I had a video of Jack jerking his head up from his iTouch once he heard the weather guy say "Accumulation". Everyone knows, Accumulation = No School.

I ran out to Target for a snappy new sled last week once I got a hint of the impending snow storm. They were all saying 1 to 9 inches, so I knew odds were good for some nice sledding. Um. Not so much. After a good 45 mins of finding, sorting and applying all of last years snow gear, we got to the big hill. What a dud!! You could see grass sticking out from the snow. My fancy new sled only successfully snowplowed all the snow in front of me. After only the second run, Hays burst her zipper, Madden lost one shoe and one mitten and Jack, well, he was actually doing pretty good. But, he's the magical, first born.

It's only December 13th, I'm sure there will be more opportunities to burn down the hill. But, I will say, nothing makes the walls close in faster than a no-school-day right before Christmas.