Growing up in Nova Scotia, a snow day was every other day. A snow day in Texas, normally is once a year. Well now we are in day three and the snow is still on the ground. It snowed for 24 hours straight giving us 9 inches in our hometown but 12.5 inches in Dallas. That is a lot of snow for Texas. The kids really like the cancellation of school and the snowball fights with their friends. As parents, I loved the fact that they where outside playing instead of hanging around the video games. The lack of winter attire created a challenge but the boys didn’t seem to mind the cold ankles (no boots) or cold hands (99 cent gloves).
We didn’t make any snowmen or snow forts but we went tobogganing at the golf course. We actually own a sled that we purchase in New Mexico on our family ski trip. This turned out fun… and fast down the hill. Then we had to improvise because there were too many kids for one sled. So we blew up the pool tubes. It worked pretty good, not as fast but just as fun. They beat down the snow to the point of mud.
We didn’t make any snowmen or snow forts but we went tobogganing at the golf course. We actually own a sled that we purchase in New Mexico on our family ski trip. This turned out fun… and fast down the hill. Then we had to improvise because there were too many kids for one sled. So we blew up the pool tubes. It worked pretty good, not as fast but just as fun. They beat down the snow to the point of mud.
We ended the day in fun but it didn’t start out that way. We woke up to a little backyard disaster. Our canvas gazebo could not withstand the weight of the snow and came crashing down on all the furniture stored underneath. So with the help of the boyz we managed to clear the gazebo and shake all the snow from the trees. It didn’t take me but a few seconds to remember shoveling snow in Nova Scotia. Glad this only happens once a year in Texas. It was fun while it lasted... yea-ha!
