Snowpocalypse

When the forecast said we may get 18 to 24 inches of snow starting Thursday, I think we all laughed. They always say that and then we get nothing or a dusting of snow.  But, schools were taking it seriously and called a snow day before we even got a flake of snowfall.

We woke up to maybe 4 or 5 inches, so it was a good call to have a snow day. The problem here is that we are just not equipped for a big snowfalls. A lot of people are in rural areas. Buses can't get back there and I think our town has just a handful of snowplows that are dedicated to the major roads. Plus, let's face it...nobody here knows how to drive in snow.

So, the grocery stores were hit hard yesterday as people prepared for snowamageddon. We could live off our pantry stock pile for about 3 months, so we were good.

This was at about 8 this morning.

 Poor Rocko had to go out to pee. He doesn't mind though. He loves the snow.

 The boys went out at about 10.

 They decided to build a fort.

 Luckily, David didn't go to work this morning and worked from home. He took a break about noon and went to shovel off the driveway.

 

 The boys wanted cinnamon rolls this morning. Then, I made croutons out of old bread. Then, they wanted to make brownies. Noah doesn't like brownies, so I made him rice krispy treats. We all like peanut butter mixed in them, but Noah doesn't, so he has the bit on the left and we have the rest. There's something to be said about cold weather and wanting to bake and put on a fluffly layer of fat!  HA!

 This is about 2. The kids went back out for round two after a 30 minute break. I think they were outside almost the entire day.

 The snow is up to Emily's knees. We only got about 10-12 inches, but some parts were higher in drifts.

 She buried herself in snow. We will do this in the sand in Maui in two weeks!

 The boys waiting for Dad to throw snowballs. Their fort was perfect protection.

 Then, David went out around 3 to shovel the driveway again.

 He dug his way to our neighbors and helped them shovel their driveway since they are older.

 This is by far the most snow that we've ever gotten.

 The kids could jump over the fence since the snow was so high on each side.

 Then, they built an eskimo hut out of the snow David piled up.

 The kitties were happy to watch the snow from inside the warm house.

 More play time...

 Noah fit pretty nicely in the igloo.

Then, David and I took Rocko for a walk. Thank goodness a few big trucks drove around and we were able to walk in that path. Tomorrow is already declared a snow day, so we are just hunkering down. We are supposed to get about another 6 inches of snow before all is said and done.

And that's the snowpocalypse of 2019.