At least, that is what Ane said it was.

Last Saturday, everyone managed to dig themselves out of the snow and get to the mall, where Ane was hosting some friends at the American Girl Store for her birthday party!

Let me just say that every single girl who came to the party was worried that the weather might prevent her from going.  Who cares about school… WE CAN’T MISS THE PARTY!

So glad everyone has their priorities straight.  Ahem.

Anyway…

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WOOO-HOOO!!!!!

The snow has melted off the pavement, the roads are clear (enough), and the buses will be rolling this morning!!!

I am too excited to put up a decent post.  I will feel more like a functioning adult tomorrow.

Time to get back on schedule!

I leave you with a cute picture of Rerun, who loved playing in all this snow…

… and while he could, he made a collection of his favorite snowballs.

By the time he came inside that day, his collection was quite impressive.

This toddler is so funny and adorable.

But even he is very glad to be getting out of the house again!

Well, school has now been out for a week, and I am just keeping my fingers crossed that things really do start to thaw out today.

Here’s a picture of the kids from December 2008 – the last time we got so much snow that we had to stay put.

This was from early on in the snowfall – it started to freeze and accumulate and we had a white Christmas that year.

Hope everyone stays warm and dry this weekend, no matter what the weather is where you are!

After a day of more snow…

… the power has gone out twice.

First world problems require first world solutions.

So the kids had peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, applesauce, Pirate’s Booty and milk for dinner in front of a roaring fire and watched Cars 2 on the iPad – which I had fully charged earlier, anticipating a possible power outage.

Power outages are the worst.  I can handle being stranded at home, but no power?  And Tad demanding that I turn on the lights?  Yeah, that’s not any fun at all.