The Alvarez Family: Snow Days 2015

We got our first snow day on Tuesday, February 17th. Savannah has been waiting over two months to wake up to snow and she finally got her wish. Unfortunately, it was more like ice than snow. Living in North Carolina it's rare to get actual snow. We tend to get mostly ice storms that sweep across the area and leave you trapped indoors because the roads are too slick to drive on. So we were stuck at home for three days----three missed days of school, three days full of bickering and fighting, three days of being bored. Savannah loves to be outside and play in the ice/snow but Walker hates to be bundled up and he really dislikes being cold and wet. So for three days it was pretty much impossible to keep everyone happy. Thankfully school was back in session on Friday and we (referring to all adults) were hoping that would be the end of our snow days.

checking out the first dusting of snow

he's not sure what to do about this

munching on some ice

finishing touches on her snow girl

nearly impossible to make a snow angel on top of ice

attempting to shovel the driveway

our finished icy snow girl

jumbo snowflakes

So needless to say we were very unhappy to woke up to some unexpected snow the following Tuesday. First Walker's school was delayed, then cancelled, and then Savannah's school was delayed. We all got dressed and ready for the day only to find out at 9:00 am that her school was cancelled as well. Here we were all dressed and ready and no where to go. So we spent another full day at home and watched the snow fall ALL DAY LONG! This time is was nice, soft, fluffy snow instead of the wet, icy snow like before.

Walker is SOOO OVER this mess!!

S wishes every day was a snow day

And we hoped this would be the end but no.......the night of February 25, we received soooo much snow that we lost power at 2 am. I know exactly when it happened because this was the exact time that Savannah had a little.....ummmmm, accident in bed. Oscar still went to work that morning and left us home with no power, no heat, and no hot water. Needless to say, we didn't last long. After I managed to shovel the entire driveway the kiddos and I headed over to the always gracious Moray home and spent the day playing and eating with them. Savannah had a blast playing outside with Avi, Walker loved not having to play outside, and I loved having hot coffee and adult interactions. Lucky for us, our power was back on that night so were able to go home to a warm house. There was no school the rest of the week and the snow lingered around for about another week. I'm happy to say that I think the snow is finally behind us. I'm even ready for pollen season!