Irish-Swede: February 2009

So a few weeks ago, we heard on the news that there was a snow storm headed our way. They even dubbed it a "Winter Blast"! Boy were we ever excited to wake up and see mounds of snow on our lawn. But sadly, that was not the case. What we saw outside was green grass with a few specks here and there of something that looked kind of, maybe, possibly like snow. But that was it! It was merely a light dusting of snow. But the silliest part was that school was canceled! Because the school district we are in covers the entire county {it's big}, and some of that county had a few inches of snow, it was a done deal. So the boys enjoyed a day off of school, and I pulled my hair out.

Fast forward to last night...

I get a text message from a friend in my neighborhood asking if school would be canceled tomorrow. I was confused... I asked her why it would even be canceled. She then mentioned that it was SNOWING outside! {Mind you it was 10pm and the blinds were all closed.} I opened the back door, and sure enough there was snow softly falling from the dark sky. It looked heavenly. I wanted to bundle up in a snow suit {don't have one}, get a cup of Stephen's hot chocolate {from the Cocomotion, of course}, and sit on the deck. But instead, I got my jammies on and watched it from inside my warm, heated home. Kurt and the boys were asleep, so it was just me...enjoying the quiet {and the snow}! I went to bed with high hopes of seeing snow covering the outside of our property in the morning.

When my alarm went off at 5:30 this morning, I quickly turned on the TV and first thing I see is "School Canceled". Again?! It was for real, once again. I jumped out of bed and ran to the window only to find white...no green! I was so excited that I jumped back into my warm bed and slept for another 30 minutes. When Gavin woke up {always at 6am on. the. dot...with no alarm clock...crazy kid}, he came in my room to tell me he was awake {does this every morning}. I told him to go get dressed for school. Then I remembered...no school! I yelled down for him to go look out the window. I wish I could have gotten his response on tape. It was too cute. He cheered and cheered for the white stuff. This boy has wanted snow for so long. And now he has it. I asked him if he wanted to go and play in the snow; his response, "well, maybe after breakfast...and since there's no school today, I can play flight simulator all day!! So I'll play in the snow later." Yeah, I don't think so, buddy. This is where the fun part comes in for me. The boys sure love each other, but they really love each other more after they've been apart all day at school.