Let It Snow

Note: I realize that this post will make my friends in the Midwest, on the East Coast, and in Colorado roll their eyes. Rest assured that I do understand the absurdity of it all. However…

It snowed here in Texas the other day!! This was a very exciting event for us as it very rarely snows here (as in, next to never). It started out as wet-almost-like-fluffy-rain snow but as the day went on we actually accumulated enough to stick on the ground. Granted, we could still see an awful lot of grass so it was more like snow patches but we’ll take what we can get.

The absurd part is the level of panic this “snow storm” created. My office closed mid-day. Several schools in the area closed. My college sent out an “emergency” correspondence and cancelled classes that day and the day after (despite the sunny skies and the fact that everything had basically melted by then). Seriously, people. It was pretty ridiculous.

In any event, my kids had a blast playing in the snow. It was so funny (and kind of sad) because Noah was totally psyched about making a snow angel but when he stood up to admire it, he looked down and said, “Hey, where’d it go?” Poor guy; snow angels are pretty elusive when there isn’t enough snow to completely cover the ground.

Here are some pictures from our very exciting snow day:

Because it rarely snows here, the Museum of Natural Science hosts an annual Snow Day and actually brings in 80,000 pounds of snow for kids to play in. Coincidentally, it fell this year the day after our real snow day. Because my kids had so much fun playing in the snow on Friday, I brought them to the museum to play in the snow some more the next day. Can you believe that I actually paid $10 for my kids to get 15 minutes of play in this??