The Great Snow Report (for real)

I did some tinkering and might have blogger fooled. (For a little while at least.) So for real here is our report on the snowfall....

Our lovely little home as it begins to snow

Junebug's first snow. He called it "no"

Let's get some pictures before it melts

It was cold and wet so we didn't stay out too long

But it continued to snow.

In the morning we awoke to this beautiful picture.

Junebug issues a fashion statement in case anyone wants to copy this look at home. "I started the morning in a long sleeved onesie, sweatshirt, knit pants, socks, and slippers. Then in preparation for going outside I added another sweatshirt, pair of pants, and two pair of socks. On top of that was overalls, a hoodie, two hats, mittens, and tennis shoes. To keep the tennis shoes dry I covered them in four grocery bags, two per foot for extra protection. This look is the 'Economical Snowsuit' that you can't bend over in.

Addendum: "You also can't get up if you fall"

The beginnings of our snowman

Everybody say hi to the snow shadow!

What a cutie

Looks like somebody has been sitting in the snow. :)

Figuring out too late that the middle section of the snowman was just as big as the bottom section we set our sights to a huge snowman. Scroll down for more. Oh, and watch out for that snowball Ike is throwing.

Peeking through the snowman

Helping put more snow on his legs.

We almost needed a ladder for this one!

Looks a little tired don't you think?

With a slight lean (his eventual downfall) our snowman is finished.

I think he looks more like the Eiffel Tower.

Aren't we cute? No wonder we have a cute kid. :D

Following is a video of Junebug in the snow.

Our Weekend

 

This is out the front window on Saturday morning. The driveway was a sheet of ice but was melted before lunch. 

  

See? We didn't get much. 

  

After the ice melted we went and played Risk at the Vernon's.

  

We also ate birthday cake. :D 

  

Deciding which wish he wants to make. 

  

They all look kind of bored on this side of the table! 

  

On the Lord's Day everything that had melted the day before became ice overnight. 

  

But the roads were fairly clear. I was trying to get a picture of the sun glittering off the trees... 

  

It didn't work out so well. 

  

In the evening we made waffles with our new waffle maker.

  

It took awhile but we made quite a stack! 

  

MMMMM! 

  

JuneBug's "new" favorite toy. 

  

He sits in there to read and will push it around. I had to draw the line though when he wanted it on his lap while we were rocking. :D 

I've been waiting for this day...

...for a year and a half. When we were courting my darling told me that when it snows down here everything shuts down and you don't have to go to work. I was hooked. Snow = a free day off. Being from the North I naively thought that it might snow perhaps every other month (calculating for the warmer climate) and my hubby would be able to stay home with me for a couple days every winter. My first winter here it snowed this much:

and he went to work. :(
My second winter here it has been warm and they have called for snow a couple of times but we never saw any. Then on Saturday by word of mouth we heard we could get 4 inches the next day. Ha!! As my Mother-in-law pointed out, "If they call for it, you won't get it". The dreary rain we had had for the last couple of days continued to fall on Sunday morning and although it was chilly my hopes weren't high. Then, (and here is where it starts to get exciting) after our afternoon worship service the kids came in with reports of sleet. Hmmm, it was getting colder..... An hour or two later when we left it was still sleeting and as we got closer to home big white flakes were falling.
We spent the rest of the afternoon tucked away in a little trailer in the woods watching the snow stick to the tree branches and grass. Covering everything in a white blanket, the snow was beautiful. Any northern state would have been proud to own this snow.
With the snow sticking, it was then that I first heard mention of my hubby staying home with me on Monday. I started to get excited. I had been waiting for one of these moments for over a year and finally it was happening.
Monday morning dawned clear and sunny. "The call" to work was made and my dearest turned off his phone. When I laid JuneBug down for his morning nap Hubby and I went outside to play and take pictures. It was a very relaxing day. We were able to get some work done and we were able to just be together.
I can't wait until it snows again!