we got a whopping 3 inches overnight...enough to shut down the gym, stores in town and cancel all rec basketball games. the forecast predicted 12-18" but of course it never seems to live up to the hype. i was at the grocery store yesterday afternoon to get some superbowl snacks, and people were literally STOCKPILING bread, milk and water!
it never ceases to amaze me how worked up people on the east coast get with the threat of snow...
granted, our cousins are buried in about 20 inches down in dc (very rare), but for the most part the often-predicted "noreaster" forecasts never seems to become a reality. the kids get all excited with visions of building a 4-foot snowman...becoming buried doing snow angels...building an igloo...their dreams are always shattered.
as a utah girl, i always tell my kids that in all my years, i only had one snow day...ONE!!! the only snow day we ever had was when i was in 4th or 5th grade and my dad and our neighbor keith got out the snowmobiles and drove us up to school, only to find it closed! i think my kids have at least 4-5 each year, with a few delayed openings as well.
the girls often go to bed with their pj's inside-out...hoping for a snow day! they also have taken to turning their pillowcases inside-out and sleeping with an ice cream scoop under their pillow (?)
we are truly hoping for a real storm at some point this winter.
i want to be snowed in!
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I hear ya. We used to get snow days in NC when they only THOUGHT it was going to snow. Incredible. We only got a dusting of snow at our house.
ReplyDeleteMy kids do ice in the toilet too. That's one I hadn't heard of.