Yes, it is winter

December taunted us, with its bitter cold and nothing to show for it.  January decided to do what December couldn't: snow.  This was our wintry week.

Sunday- first official snow day
Off to Pao's for the now traditional first snow day donut.

Happy to be in the snow

Monday- MLK day (officially no school)
Off to Grandma and Grandpa's house for some sledding

Go, Grandpa, Go!

Hello, there.  We are the same height

Most everything melted off Monday night, which makes me wonder why school started two hours late.  (Two hours late means no school for Drake.)  Oh well, no big deal.  Both boys had developed the sniffles, so staying home wasn't so bad.  Tuesday night is when it all hit.

By mid-day on Wednesday, seven inches of snow fell.

And then, the freezing rain came.  We ended up with a half inch of ice atop the seven inches of snow

Mid-day Thursday
Icicle snack time 

Flynn wanted to know who put out the Christmas decorations on the tree.
It glittered with all the ice.  So pretty.

The bird netting looked like chain mail.  Crazy.

Thankfully, the normal rain started late afternoon on Friday.  Flynn sampled ice from every part of the property.  He preferred the driveway ice, but got a kick out of the patio furniture ice.  (It was in a scroll pattern.)  We were finally able to leave the house Saturday.  An entire week of snow days will wear a parent out.  Pulling the sled isn't as much fun as being on it.  Plus, my brain is a little mushy from all the Curious George and Lego Indiana Jones.

Before this, I only experienced one snow day.  1996- UPS.  It wasn't the snow so much as the ice.  Everything around here is build on a damn hill.  No way would I drive on the roads, then or now.