What started as turning off the outside world during the snow week, morphed into having a cold and it being observation week. Now it's Wednesday and here we are... having skipped blogging.
I don't know if you've seen photos, or heard about our record snowfall. But it the experience of a lifetime, and it might be the only time we experience this much snow in Acadiana in our lifetime. Magical doesn't even sum this up.
Our usual is a few flutters and then completely melted by noon, ever 10 years.
This 10 year snow started in the morning, continued into the afternoon, and stayed on the ground for most of the week.
I refused to let the kids go outside and even touch it until the snowfall stopped at 2pm.
Of course, we had no appropriate snow gear and sent the kids outside wearing surgical gloves over their mittens and grocery bags over their socks.
The snow was so powdery it was as if we were trying to shape bags upon bags of confectioners sugar into balls.
Harry was not such a fan, he lasted for two hours and was done for the rest of the week. Elliot on the other hand, he wants more and needs this to happen again asap.
Our backyard was our best snow, Jeremy has cleared a lot of the trees and foliage. He also went out the day before and cleaned up the yard to make sure we had the best snow... no dog bits. I appreciated that. I measured it being 7 inches in most areas. If you're curious about a trampoline in the snow, the kids said it's like bouncing on the ground. I didn't test it out.
And finally, to top off being cold, we came inside and made snow cream. It was good, and if you're lactose intolerant... get the proper milk before it snows. Whole milk was the death of me. Totally worth it, but attempted murder.
The leftover Butterfinger bits from our bible study dessert and the kids chocolate syrup were a great addition.
