| Thursday, November 30, 2006 |
| The First Snow |
 The first snow of the year has fallen. We had a very strong winter storm move in yesterday. It sleeted all last night and this morning. The kids kept asking to go outside and play in it. I kept explaining that it was all ice, the snow was coming, Mama would let them know when it was time to go outside. By about 3:30 in the afternoon, the snow had just been light, nothing major like they were saying. Therefore, I decided that they better go on out before it started to get dark. We bundled all up, a very exciting event, and headed outside. They slid around and fell down more than anything, but they had a blast. They were making up ice dancing routines. Yes, I have video. Their favorite thing was teaching L and El to make snow angels. L kept wanting to eat it. (I made sure it wasn't yellow.)
About five minutes after we went outside, the snow started coming down more heavily. Approximately 30 minutes later, there was almost no visibility. For you seasoned northerners, this is no big deal. But for us Okies, we're glued to the weather reports and locked in our houses. No, it really is bad here. We are not equipped for big storms. We got about an inch of ice and about 5 inches of snow on top of that. All schools, business, and even government offices have shut down.
The snow has pretty much stopped, but it is bitter cold. Wind chills will dip below zero overnight and temps are in the single digits, almost unheard of in these parts. Now that we do have snow, I guess we'll bundle back up tomorrow and play in the snow again. It's not going to get above freezing so I doubt much will melt.
Above: The crew is demonstrating proper snow angel technique to their new brothers and L is giving it a try for himself. The other picture is of my 6 personal "Snow Angels". |
posted by 6blessings @ 9:26 PM  |
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You got so much snow, 5 inches. Oh I wish I was there. Ours didn't even cover the grass.
Glad the kids all had fun.
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It is fun to read about so many families who never get snow and have been caught up in the storm. It must be very exciting! Looks like they had fun going out in it!
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You got so much snow, 5 inches. Oh I wish I was there. Ours didn't even cover the grass.
Glad the kids all had fun.