SNOW DAYS!

What a WEIRD week.

Ramsey was sick with a cold and fever on Monday, the 12th.  He did not go to school.

Then... big storms were coming through the area, supposedly starting the evening of the 12th.  The school called school off on the 13th.  But, the snow didn't start until after lunch on the 13th, so maaaaaaaaybe the kids could have been OK for school.  The bus ride home definitely would have been an issue though, with crazy flurries causing very low visibility after 3PM.

The snow came.... and came... and came some more.  We had TWO big storms this week.  The crazy blizzards (two different systems) caused the entire remaining FOUR days to be canceled.  I don't even recall a time as a child that they called that many days off in a row.  One snow day... maybe two, tops!

Tuesday night:

Wednesday afternoon:

Ramsey and Jango came to visit me at my office window.

The snow subsided, but another system was coming in Wednesday night and Thursday.

Thursday, here's the emergency notification that came across our phones:

Literally...NO ONE, unless you were emergency-type personnel, was going anywhere.  The local roads were closed for days, being absolutely impassable.  Mentions of town on Facebook were GRIM; emergency routes only and even those were awful.

Statewide, interstates and roads were closed.

Thursday, day:

Thursday Night:

Friday:

No school... but may as well go have some fun in this white stuff!  Well, Ramsey and his neighbor friend, Raelyn, anyway.

Ramsey loved "shooting" his [play] gun from his big snow fort.

The drifts were so high in places, there were times I could not see the children.  At least twice, I hyper-panicked and thought at least one of them had fallen and been covered in an avalanche amount of snow and that we'd have to go searching!

The snow was clear up to the top of the yellow slide (nearly 5' above the ground).

They played for at least an hour.  When they came in, they looked like little abominable snowmen, completely covered in snow.

I made them some hot chocolate, gave them a little treat.  And, I had a fun activity for them.   I had glued the mini gingerbread village houses together with icing a few days prior.  I got out the candy and let them start decorating.

Ramsey was more interested in eating the frosting than decorating, but he put a few little villas together.

And, there was a whole lot of goofing around.  They had fun!

After a hot shower and clean pajammies, snuggle time with a good movie is always nice.  

Overall, I think we may have gotten around 22", but there was so much wind, it's so difficult to tell.

This storm reminded me of a Little House on the Prairie episode, where they were snowed in for days... and the snow was up to the top of the barn!  

This is going to be one crazy winter, I think!. Oye.