Snow Day!

We got 3 inches of snow Sunday night! The wind blew some of it away but we were all very excited because we knew we would get a legitimate snow day from school. We have had 3 snow days this school year. The first 2 were a joke! They closed down the schools for a dusting of snow, not even enough for one snowball. It had been raining for 2 days before this snow started so everything had a thick coating of ice under the snow and the roads were too icy to drive on and since Charlotte doesn't have enough snow plows, or salters the whole city shut down. We were out playing in the snow by 8am and Micheal was outside until I dragged him in for lunch at 1pm but was back outside a couple hours later. Clayton came in regularly for hot chocolate so he didn't let himself get too cold. Poor Tanner kept losing his gloves so he was very frustrated and cold so he didn't spend much time outside. In fact, we can't find one of his gloves. We think it may have gotten buried in one of the 4 snowmen we built. Hopefully we'll find it while it melts. Our trampoline was close to reaching its weight limit in snow so we had to rescue the trampoline which was fun too. We had snowball fights with neighbors and just had a great time enjoying our once-a-year snow. The best part of all of it was having our whole family home to play! I love snow days but I am grateful that they aren't more than once or twice a year. I think I would freeze to death and the beauty of snow would be lost in the consistancy. Just one more reason I love North Carolina!