Snowed In

We were so excited to finally get snow. It actually snowed Christmas day in Atlanta, but we were out of town so my kids felt jipped. We went to bed Sunday night listening to the ice storm begin and hearing the ice hit the house and the ground sounded so neat. The kids loved looking outside first thing and seeing the snow on the ground. They got outside as soon as they could, but because of the ice it was like the snow when you go night skiing. They were so excited to get the sled, I mean rubbermaid container to slide down the driveway! They kept coming in and out all day. Savannah and Cardyn both have misplaced their better gloves so their hands were freezing. Cardyn came in at one point and said the neighbor friends told her she was going to get frost bite with such wimpy gloves. I assured her with my Utah living credentials (Are my kids the only one who believe the neighbor kids over their parents?) I have to give scientific explanations and pull out my degrees to assure them that I know a thing or two. Anyway, we ended up with tired kids from all the cold play! Later in the day we found out school would be cancelled for a second day, so here we go again. The temperatures this week are not getting above 32 so there is a good chance we could be stuck for a few more days. It makes me a little crazy to not be able to get out. We have plenty of food, but there are a couple things that normally you'd run to the store for and the roads are just too bad, and the stores are out of essentials. It will be interesting how fast they get restocked too. Last year after a storm like this the line to get gas was about half a mile long. Today I'm making cookies, and treats to try to keep my little people happy and maybe I'll get them to do worksheets just to break the time up. My cute Grandma Nada called late last night to see if we were ok. Just a little cabin fever, but other than that we are surviving what the news was flashing WINTER STORM 2011!