Day 2. 8PM
Actuality: 26″
Buzz word: $20 the plow doesn’t get here til at least Tuesday
Kids in pajamas and on their way to sleep.
[Driveway is shoveled. Road may never be. Front snowslide is awesome. Back toboggan run will be perfect tomorrow. Multi-entrance igloo is still standing.]
Day 2. 1PM
Forecast: back up to 24-30″
Buzz word: Don’t eat the yellow snow.
Both kids in pajamas because fleece makes for an excellent layer under snow clothes.
Like many Jerseybabies before him, Hadden just earned his first belt in Tae Kwon Do. This is all part of our Exhausted Him Before Bed strategy, which isn’t exactly working, but boy does he love it!
Day 1. 11PM
Forecast 20-30″.
Buzz word: Snow down my back!
And daughter: fast asleep…in new pajamas.
We took a stab at starting our Valentines a few snow days ago, though at this rate we will be handing them out in March when the kids finally go back to school.
Day 1. 6PM
Forecast 20-30″.
Buzz word: I believe. I believe! (It’s coming fast and furious now.)
And daughter: Why bother getting out of pajamas if she’s made it this far?
Day 1. 4PM
Forecast 20-30″.
Buzz word: is it really coming?
Federal government and preschool closed. Public schools closed since last night, but really, in all honesty, didn’t need to. Suspect it’s all a scheme to slide right into year-round schooling.
Cushions are back on the floor. Somersaults and headstands have been done.
And yes, daughter still in pajamas.
Day 1. 2PM
Forecast 20-30″.
Buzz word: potentially paralyzing.
Federal government and preschool closing early.
Stickers and cushions have been cleaned up.
Daughter still in pajamas.
Day 1. 10AM
Forecast 20-28″.
Buzz word: snowmageddon
Federal government is closing early.
18 katrillion stickers all over kitchen table.
All cushions off couch.
Daughter still in pajamas.
