Blizzard 2011

SNOW-MG!!! SNOW-MAGGEON 2011!!! and my favorite :: SNOW-PRAH (YOU get a blizzard AND YOU get a blizzard)!!! We got hit hard with a blizzard that started on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011 in the afternoon. It definitely made our drives home interesting -- took me just under 2 hours (normally 50 minutes) and that was only because we get out of school at 2pm and the "blizzard" part didn't start until 3pm. Took Jim's 10 minute drive to 25. Needless to say, there was no school for James or myself on Wed, Feb. 2 - Happy Groundhog's Day to us! Luckily Jimmy can work from home, so it was our first family snow day! When it was all said and done, we ended up with at least 22 inches of snow by us -- with drifts up +4ft high!!! CRAZY -- I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH SNOW AT ONCE!!! James took advantage of his snow day and slept in until after 10am...Jimmy started the attempt to get our garage accessible just after that...took him +1.5 hours for the driveway and then Ben and I 45 minutes for the walkway to the front door (that was where the 4 ft drifts were and I guess we need mail in the week or two, eh). I got James all layered up and he and I headed outside for some fresh air. He tried to help shovel for a bit but got fed up dropping it constantly (mittens = no grip), we would have lost him in the snow piles, so he went next door and took their bubble lawn mower to try and help "mow snow." He screamed when we made him go inside, but I think it was for the best of his health :-) At dinner time James surprised both Jim and I and counted to 5 all by himself!!! And not even 23 months yet! Gotta be a genius if you ask us :-)LOL -- and I know he knows 6 comes after 5...so smart he is! They had to call school off for me again on Thursday because there are just too many schools to try and clear up -- they are literally hauling away snow in dump trucks around here. James wasn't up yet when it was time for Jimmy to leave for work, so James stayed home with me today. We've watched a lot of Sesame Street as he's really not too interested in playing with his mother today...down for a nap now (thus, the blogging) but coughing through it the whole time, so it's not going to last long, unfortunately for him because he was soooo tired, poor Bug.
Sorry, the blogs will now be out of order (I skipped a lot of things between Christmas and today) but I just had to get these snow pictures up asap! Hope you all are safe and warm (it's a brutal 9 out there now with crazy wind gusts still)!!!