SNOW DAY!!

Yes, our meager snow deserves capital letters. We got a good dusting, almost an inch of snow overnight. It had already started to melt by the time we got up at 6:30. JT hurried out by 7 am and tried his snowboard down our hill. He had some help from Pal, our yellow Lab. It is kind of dark in the photo because it was so early in the morning! It was pretty exciting. We got about this much snow last year, and none the two years before that, so we take advantage of it all that we can. Luci even got out early on the deck. She thought it was pretty thrilling, too. Notice her shoes, she put them on all by herself.
JT wanted you to see this shot he took of the deck.
Here's our house! (Cool! The grass is peeping up through the snow--that's what John and the boys put out last month.) Can you believe our county cancelled school for today because of this little bit of snow? People here tend to freak out whenever the weatherman mentions "winter precipitation." I am betting the school board is kicking themselves right about now (9:45 am) because it is now in the upper 30's, and everything is melting fast. It would have made more sense to just start classes late. Of course, the boys are pretty miffed that, as homeschoolers, they can ALWAYS make it to class! We are having class today. Bummer, Mom!
Just had to include this one of the boys working together, and harmoniously, at that!