Blog Updates And Snow

 Well, as you can see I have been trying to get this blog up to date.  There really has been no excuse for my not updating it, after all we have used I think 9 snow days this school year and it has been an unseasonably cold icky winter.  Maybe that is why I haven't felt like blogging. 

 Too depressing. 

 Don't get me wrong, I love when my kids have snow days, but I am tired of this cold. Usually if we get snow it melts pretty quick and it is sunny and only cold for a short period of time.  This mess started in December before the kids even got out for Christmas and it is still going on.  The kids have been out of school for the past two days because of snow.  

The good thing is that Zachary has had a cold and run a fever since Tuesday night, so he only missed Wednesday, so he will have less make up work to do.  The bad thing about it,  he didn't get to play in the snow.  He loves that.

It hasn't all been bad, we have played the Wii, and watched movies and stayed up late and slept in and just enjoyed spending time together. (except for when S & Z fight because they have been couped up together too long. Not fun!)

Just tired of the gloomy, cold weather.  Bring on the sun!

Things are looking up.  I think... I hope... Please weather people be right.

It is supposed to be in the 60's next week. Heat wave!

I don't think I am a winter lover.  I certainly respect the people that live like this every winter, only get a lot worse.  I don't see how they do it.

Snow

On December 13, 2010 we had our first snowfall of the winter.  That is a little early for us, but the kids got a snow day out of it. Zachary was all about the snow day.  Savannah was excited about it too, but had exams the next day and wanted the snow to melt in time for her exams.  Now before you start wonder how it is that I have a child that likes to take exams, I'll explain the reason for her readiness.  If school is cancelled on the 14th, she would have to take an exam after Christmas break and she wanted to be through will her exams and take a break from school and enjoy her Christmas break.  They went to school on the 14th two hours late, but that was enough for Savannah to get in all of her exams before Christmas.  She was one happy girl. 

 

Zachary had a little bit of a cold and it was in the teens, but he begged and begged to go out in the snow, so I let him enjoy it for a little while.  He loved it!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

We have snow! It has been cold for weeks and it has been raining a lot but never freezing temperatures with the rain. It has been raining all day and cold. As I was picking up Zachary from school today it was sleeting. The weather lady said that there was no chance for snow. I should have known what that meant. Snow! It is pretty to look at and the kids took Brinkley out and decided to stay out while we have the snow. Of course, the kids are hoping that school is cancelled. I guess we will see how it goes. It is only getting colder tonight, but I am sure they will not cut us any slack and make an announcement tonight. At least if it is going to be cold, it can be pretty. I tried to get some really good pictures, but my camera kept acting funny because of the snow falling. This is all I could get.