Seriously. We have received over 48″ of glorious snow over the last few days and a new storm heading this way by the end of the weekend. Honestly, I’m loving it, although many here are appalled that the school won’t call a school day. By my understanding, there hasn’t been a snow day here in over 40 years. Once they called school off after the morning – but not because of snow – because the heater broke and it was freezing in the school. Us mountain folks are hardy and for the most part will drive through any CONDITIONS.
Someone reminded me that a few years ago the heat broke again. They never cancelled school, however, they just had all of the kids bundle up in their snow gear for the rest of the day.
Yesterday’s whiteout conditions forced a lot of business to close for the evening, and in turn, the school sent out a message that late arrivals today, as well as absences, would be excused if it has in the family’s best interest and safety to stay home or come in later than usual. My kids were excited about staying home, but seeing as that we live two blocks away from school, they begrudgingly trudged off to school this morning, joined by all of the rest of the kids that live in the Northwest quadrant of town.
Besides, Rowen already took the day of at the beginning of the storm cycle to ski with Greg. They all ski tomorrow, and today was a beautiful bluebird day. It would have made sense to call it yesterday – during the worst of the storm – instead of the day after.
There are lots of families having a snow day today, just for the heck of it. And a lot of families driving the drive to the mountain instead of the drive to the school parking lot.
I drove the whole two blocks to pick the kids up from school yesterday. My shoulder lends me to be terrified of slipping on the ice, and seriously, it was near whiteout conditions that I really DIDN’T want to be in. But it was nice and warm in the car.
I was determined to have the kids clean their rooms after school. This is the last day before winter activity sessions begin, and the last day that they really didn’t have anything to do after school. But it was so beautiful out, I let Rowen and Finley head outside to play in the street. Rowen decided that he needed his rock skis on to do some whirlybirds in the median.
A girl after my own heart, Campbell changed into pjs and cleaned her room.
After making the kids come in before it got too dark, we ended the evening with Campbell showing off her Kiwi Crate! Grandma and Grandpa D got subscriptions for all three kids this Christmas! It has been the hit of the month, to say the least. Rowen is subscribed to the Tinker Crate, Finley is getting the Doodle Crate, and Campbell is signed up for the Kiwi Crate. They couldn’t be more perfectly suited for each of them. The Kiwi Crate is a little bit of everything for kiddos ages 5-8. I could see Finley being interested in this as well after receiving the first box, but some of the activities might be a little too easy for her. This month’s Kiwi Crate box was a magic set. Campbell is completely and utterly infatuated with her magic tricks right now thanks to Kiwi Crate!. She carries her box around with her, asks repeatedly to show us her magic tricks, and is getting better and better with actually performing them. She doesn’t like to talk so much while she performs – we told her she could be the Magic Mime!
I’ll get into more detail about each as the months go by, but I highly recommend checking them out! Using my Kiwi Crate, Inc. link not only helps extend their subscriptions for a longer period, but also gives you a $10 credit to your first box!
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