Snow Day in March

Pure, unadulterated joy abounded in our house this morning. That's because we woke up to this:



Even more important, we also woke up to this announcement on TV: "BRYANT SCHOOL DISTRICT -- CLOSED." (When these words scrolled across the screen, Julia and I hugged each other and jumped up and down and screamed.)

So we dug out whatever snow clothes we could find and got busy having fun in the front yard.

Julia loves a good snowball fight.


Jenna loves catching it on her tongue. (It was still coming down pretty hard while we were out there.)

Snow angel by Julia. Pretty good, huh?

The four of us had constructed this little guy by 8 a.m. (He has banana chips for eyes.) By that time, the wind had picked up and we were pretty cold. "There's a reason I moved away from Alaska," Chad said as we headed inside.

UPDATE: The snowman at 2:30 p.m. Sorry, buddy. Life is short.