There has been no school for 4 days, I really don’t need to add anything else…except maybe I’ll add that it was 7 degrees outside yesterday, not counting windchill, so the foot of accumulated snow taunting us to build snowmen and make snow angels was almost impossible for us not-prepared-for-snow-more-than-1/2-an-inch Western Washatonians to play in. [...]
There has been no school for 4 days, I really don’t need to add anything else…except maybe I’ll add that it was 7 degrees outside yesterday, not counting windchill, so the foot of accumulated snow taunting us to build snowmen and make snow angels was almost impossible for us not-prepared-for-snow-more-than-1/2-an-inch Western Washatonians to play in. Not including the half hour of backyard snow fun in these photos, I have not been out of my house since Saturday- 5 days. My car is iced over and my fridge and pantry are empty of nutritional food. Snow shouldn’t be a big deal, I know people all over the world cope and drive and grocery shop in it… but Western Washington seems to be in a state of denial thinking it is the desert… and prepares accordingly. If I were the school superintendent, I might just cancel school another day, (though the weather report shows it to be warm enough for the snow to melt) because who doesn’t want those special opportunities to practice patience, endurance, and gratitude. And yes mom, my kids are all alive today too, just barely 
What fabulous pictures! Your girls are so beautiful! We’re all barely alive as well! Never been so thankful for the rain!