Today was really a wonderful day, and it all started very early! Mark was originally going to go to the gym at 5:45am for a spin class, then off to work. When his alarm went off at 5:15, we looked outside and were amazed to see a blanket of snow on the grass and cars. Then we went back to bed. When we got up again with Xander at 7, the snow had covered the driveways, roads, cars, everything!! We had a nice hot breakfast before bundling up ourselves and the boys. Zack and Xander immediately went through the front yard, messing up the fresh, clean snow. Mark decided to use a laundry basket as a sled! We played with the neighbor kids for a while, then headed inside for lunch. We also watched history on tv, with the inauguration of President Barack Obama. We went back outside later and Mark got the crazy idea to use Xander's mattress as a sled (hey, it's waterproof!). We had tons of fun in the snow, making snow angels, snowballs and snow cream. I'm glad that we were able to enjoy it as much as possible while it lasted (because I know it will probably be gone by tomorrow afternoon).
The first footprints...
Xander was trying to make snowballs, too, but the mittens were too big!
Me and my sweet boys
Sledding with the laundry basket...
Xander's turn
Zack loved making snow angels..over and over again!
Daddy and Mommy are kids, too!!
Zack, Pooja, Mark, Xander, Miles, Christina and Lanaysia catching snowflakes on their tongues
Xander loved sliding down the hill-in the laundry basket and on his mattress
The boys "sledding" together
Look at how deep the snow drift was! Almost up to his knees. I think by the end of the day, we had almost 6 inches accumulation, the most that I have seen since we've lived in Knightdale, at least.
Shoveling the driveway..oh, wait, that's the yard!
The sunset through the crabapple tree--we saw God today!
LOVE the laundry basket and mattress! Looks like you guys had a blast!
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