The kids were so excited to go play in "all the snow"--so we bundled up and I sent them out.
Unfortunately, the snow was not good for packing--you couldn't even make a snowball let along a snoman (and believe me--in GA you don't have to have much snow for every house to have a sad little snowman in the front yard).So they settled for snow angles.
Aaron wanted to go out so badly--I let him crawl out--he sat for a second and crawled right back in.
He had fun playing on his train
The kids then got some boxes and slid down what little hill we have in the back yard.
Aaron wanted to be out with the big kids so badly!
Caroline lasted the longest--she was outside about an hour. Alex was back inside after about 20 minutes and Carter lasted about 45. It was incredibly cold--really, we live in Georgia for a reason....I much prefer the warm, jacket optional winters!
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Melinda, you're going to have to enlighten me: Why do they cancel school for that? Really, I don't understand--it can't be difficult to function with such a light dusting of snow, can it? I'm really just curious, not trying to be obnoxious :)
Ali -
We live in Georgia, we do not handle snow well. If it might snow, everything is cancelled (including church, school, etc). I think the main problem is that the roads get really icy and we don't have the equipment to get them cleaned off in time for school busses. But that doesn't really explain the mass hysteria that goes on here. Like reporters who go up to North Georgia so they can be filming when the first snowflake falls. It's quite amusing.
I was looking at these pictures kind of thinking how kids in snowy climates must think we are crazy for building snowmen and sledding in such tiny amounts of snow. Like when your snowman is more pinestraw, mud and grass than snow because you had to scrape every.last.bit of snow out of your yard to assemble him.
The ice is definitely the major concern--no one has a shovel to clear off driveways, and there is no equipment so the only thing they can do is put sand on the major roads in the really bad areas--mostly just wait for the sun to melt it--but when it isn't going to get warm then that doesn't work. There were neighborhoods that no one could get out of because of ice on hills and you couldn't drive up the hill to leave. The major roads are just ok, the freeways are usually fine, but if you can't leave your driveway (on a hill) or your neigborhood then it doesn't matter how good the major roads are.
ok, that's just weird ;) Boy am I glad that they don't cancel school over here for that! It's really hard to imagine that turning to ice though I have to admit ;)
Sorry--I'll stop now :)
Love the "all that snow" comment! :) I wish that was all we got! Send them here the next time we get 28 inches
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