I tried soooo hard to be quiet, I didn't even start coffee! (That is hard to do for me when it's the first thing I do every morning) I did not turn lights on. I turned on the TV but very quietly. I made it till 6:30a and Carolyn and Leah head downstairs, happy as always for their day to begin!
Michelle I think made it till 7a but I'm sitting on the couch thinking, "Why do my kids wake up with no trouble on a day they don't have a schedule?" So, I make pancakes, to get the kids a good breakfast in as I know that there will be a fun day playing in the new snow! I even decide to go out for awhile. I try so hard to let my kids kids see my fun side every now and then!
Well, the snow was more like 3 inches of sleet and the first layer was ice so you couldn't get to the ground easily. So, plan B on being outside. We started finding places we could try to walk on ice. The girls found it facinating that up north you can ice skate on that! After a few large gusts of wind (reports that it would be up to 50mph) we decided to stay in. Well, at least till Brian got the idea to go driving around. Well, Brian is all proud that he lived in Minnesota for awhile and was driving on ice all the time. So, I figured, what the heck, I'll endanger the lives of my children and myself for a joy ride as a family! Actually, it was kind of fun. I doubted him for nothing, as I do every time we have a storm. I am a Texas through and through. I don't drive in this.
Well, Snow Day 1 was a good day. We had marshmallows for dessert and sat by the warm toasty fire. Temps were dropping and the wind chill was getting into the negatives. Then the school called to say we would have another snow day.........
