All week, the weatherman threatened us with a winter storm hitting Columbia and the rest of Missouri today. As per usual, I took the threat pretty lightly. On Wednesday night, Columbia Public Schools cancelled classes for today and I simply laughed as I hadn't even seen a flurry. This morning, I woke up, looked outside and got myself ready for work and the kids ready for school. I dropped them off at 8 to light flurries. Twenty minutes later, I left my first office and serious ice was coming down. I decided to attempt one more office building. I went to three offices with all but two doctors out of the office and therefore smarter than me. By the time I got out of the office, it was only 9:30 and over two inches of snow had fallen. We were being pounded by thunder, lightning, snow and ice. I immediately decided to pick up the kids. Avery was exstatic and Logan was a little confused. Our normally 25 minute drive home took over an hour with two stops to deice my windshield wipers. Shortly after I got home, the highway shut down. No one should have been on the roads. I guess the weather predictions were correct; as of 9:30 pm, we have at least nine inches of snow and sleet.
Anyway, Luke is in Milwaukee and Minneapolis this week so it was just me and the kids. As soon as I got to school to pick them up, Avery grinned, jumped up and down and said, "Now that we are going home, it must be time to play in the snow." Don't worry, I didn't deprive my girl of her snow time. I even took her out to play a second time while Logan napped since he hated the snow so much. Overall, we had a great day playing dress up, making snow cream, playing in the snow, reading books, watching a couple shows and practicing letters. The kids were so good. I might even stretch to say that this might have been our best day as three.
Enjoy our fun pictures from our fun day!
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| We didn't have snow pants, so layering with sissy's leggings had to do. |
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| "No, Logan do it." |
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| Lost in the snow. |
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| "Mom! I think I'm stuck." |
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| Pure Joy! |
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| Avery loves the snow, Logan does not. |
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| Maybe we should have just watched from inside. |
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| Post snow Lorax watching. |
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| Second Serving |
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| Snow Cream! |
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| Third Serving |
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