Snow!

We probably got more snow last year in terms of inches, but we've had more snowstorms this year than last - and more snow days off of school and work.  We had a couple of inches here and there in December and January, but it was usually gone a day or two later.  Then we got a very short, but very powerful white-out storm on Valentine's Day.  In the 10 minutes it took us to drive home from treating the kids to Ethiopian dinner, the roads became slick, we had an inch or so of accumulation, and it was a true white-out driving experience.

It was snowing so hard when we went to bed that we couldn't see our neighbor's home across the street.

So the next day was a snow day for the kids and the government closed so Patrick got to stay home as well.  Somehow our bedroom window has become the official "look-out" when it snows.

We piled into the van and drove back to the old neighborhood to enjoy their sledding hill.  The kids went by themselves, in duos, and as a three-some.  Even when they weren't the one sledding, they tended to run down the hill.  So after an hour or so, they were exhausted (yeah!!!).