Driving into our neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
We received 12 1/2 inches of snow in the Dallas Metro-plex on Thursday, February 10th. Snow began to around 3:00 a.m. and continued to fall through the night into Friday morning. It was truly magical as the heavy flakes fell softly to the ground blanketing the trees, bushes, and ground in a thick covering of snow. School was cancelled on Friday, even though the roads were pretty much ice-free. I think secretly the school administrators just wanted a day to play in the snow before it melts away.
Some VERY unhappy Pansies.
The field behind Dowell Middle school right beside our house.
Winter Wonderland in McKinney.
The kids have had so much fun! Before school on Thursday morning, Lily, Sofie, and I made a snowman in the backyard while the girls were still in their pajamas. After school, Jack barreled through the door with his two best buddies, Kyle and Reid. Together, they were taking on some other kids in a snow ball war in the field behind their school. Jack even recruited Lily and Sofie to help them out.
On their "snow day" the kids spent a great deal of time going in and out of the cold. When they were all done playing, they took a hot bath and drank some hot cocoa. That night, we watched the opening ceremony for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. It was so cool to have snow for the winter games!!!
The kids and I made a snow fort together!
Our snowman named February.
Today, the snow is starting to melt away slowly, but the kids and I were able to go out this morning and build a snowman and a snow fort. We were talking as we were playing that God sent us snow for Christmas Eve and Valentine's Day...Oh, How He Loves Us!
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