February has been a cold and snowy month.
It started Monday the 16th around noon. We were able to squeeze in a half day of school before going home early. It was very cold, so the snow stuck immediately and was more powdery than I've ever seen snow here in the valley. Predictions were for 6-10 inches but we ended up with somewhere between 4 and 5.
The girls and I got out for a bit to try to sled, but we couldn't find any hills that were steep enough to get up a good amount of speed.
Of course, snow always means a warm mug of hot chocolate once you come in from the cold!
The temperatures were so low that the snow just stuck around, keeping public schools closed all well. We returned to school on a 2-hour delay on Wednesday with normal days on Thursday and Friday.
Saturday came the serious snow though. It looked like a blizzard outside most of the day. I wish I had thought to take a picture, but alas I didn't. When all was said and done we probably had about a foot of snow, though I didn't measure it. The wind was blowing, and there was some drifting. The pictures below will give you a feel for how much snow it actually was.
The girls had fun digging tunnels and coloring the snow. Sunday was a gorgeous day that got up to about 50 degrees outside, so they played and played. There was so much snow that it didn't seem to melt much even with the warm temperature. Monday returned to cold and will be all this week, so I suspect we'll be seeing snow for awhile yet.
And now we're home for another snow day today. We got just a light dusting of snow, but it came during the morning commute time so a day at home it is. Gives me time to blog and tell you about all this crazy weather!
