The Two Week Snow-cation

If you recall, I did a post back in February about a little ice/snow storm. We had fun going sledding (or sliding) and having time off school. You might have thought it was a good two day vacation. Well, Mother Nature didn't think it was enough, or something. We ended up with two weeks of winter here in NC, of which the kids were in school for 1.5 days - out of 10! It was crazy. There was the ice/snow storm which kept them out for 4 days, then it snowed lightly and was super cold and then it snowed 6 inches. No school, no work for me, and lots of time at home. We thought it was great but it has been a pain to make up all the missed work and school.

Much like the last post about Christmas, it is a bit weird to talk about February snow in the middle of April when the sun is shining and spring is in full swing but it was a pretty significant event for us AND I got some great photos. So we'll just do another quick winter time blog and then move on to something more current! Like maybe Easter!

First up, the time after the ice and the light snow (~3 inches?) that then turned cold. 

It was so slippery, they were forced to crawl up the hill. And it took several tries to not slip back down!

trying to catch snowflakes

 

 

 

 

 

 

I guess they can cancel school for this. It started coming down at 6 am. It started as a delay, I saw buses on my morning dog walk, and then it was cancelled.

but it wasn't THAT much snow...

but enough for a.....snowball fight!

The next day though, it was FREEZING! We bundled up to try sledding again.

Sledding didn't last cuz it was too cold, but ice skating was fun.

Then it really did snow - 6 inches which is a lot for NC. It was beautiful. We tried several different sledding spots, but I still think the ice sledding was the best.

Watch out! She's armed and dangerous!

this ended up being a very slow ride....

This was Eliza's snowman.

We made a whole family!

The first morning we trekked down to the big hill/open field to try the sledding. Sledding was good but it was NOT a good trek.

Molly fussed almost the whole trip - looking much like this.

Poor Jason became Daddy-Mule to pull the kids home.

But at least Eliza kept her snowball with her.

What did we do during the 8.5 days off of school? All kinds of things!

opened Christmas presents - like excavate your own pyramid....

had smorgasbord lunches....

another Christmas gift project - volcano!.......

indoor picnics (this was due to the fact that I packed lunches at 6:30, when there was still only a delay)....

drank lots of hot chocolate.....

made snow cream for the first time ever.....

even Blizz got to eat snow cream (it was fun but we made a lot)....

made homemade cheez-its (which tasted more like cheese straws).

and warmed up in bubble baths!

 Thankfully winter is long gone here but it was fun while it lasted. Though we did miss having school (Hayden literally burst into tears after one of the first school-is-canceled calls), we did have fun at home. Maybe we can do it again next winter!

Happy Snow Day!