Snow Day--In March after the Snow Melted

Yep, after a long, white winter from the first week in December until the first week in March, we were pretty excited to have it above freezing. Someone said we set a record this winter for number of day with snow on the ground in a row and for number of days below 40 degrees in a row. Not good for the winter blahs or spring fever. And, just as we were just seeing the last of the snowdrifts, we wake up to huge, beautiful flakes on March 11th, 2010.

Gabe woke me, going to the window as he does frequently, exclaiming, "Snow, Mama! Let's go shovel!" Yep, he's an amazing kid that way. Loves snow and loves to shovel and loves to help. I groaned and rolled over. Later on, Isaiah and Elly were greeted by Gabe with the news and their sentiments ran more to: "Oh! I thought we were done with snow." "I'm tired of snow." Yep, seems to be the sentiments of Omahans everywhere given the number of comments on facebook today.

However, at least it's right above freezing so we have wonderful slush. I don't mind slush. However I will mind the frozen slush likely to make driving very fun tomorrow morning. (No, I'm not leaving the house till afternoon.)

Here are some pics of the kids making the most of this very wet snow...at least it's good for snow forts and snowmen. Elly and Gabe are on hour two...and probably wet through.