just another morning here

Snow days are always welcome in my house, as long as *I* get the day off as well! Today we weren’t sure which of our schools were going to close or not, so the kids went out in the close really early just in case they’d have to go to school later!

As it happened, they didn’t; we were all at home. Josiah played for ages with friends in the close, while Abbie joined with other friends and was out and about between houses and the park all day, nearly. Anna did go out, but then was mainly at home working for most of the day. I did very little, I confess! Some orchestra work, a bit of housework, helped Steve bring a car home, but that was about it.

Most of us are off again tomorrow, despite the fact that roads in the city seem mainly ok! Having said that, I didn’t go to housegroup tonight because I didn’t want to drive on the icy roads in the dark at night. Anyway, we’ll see what another day off brings …

… and the hill wasn’t particularly steep either – but we had fun in any case, despite being very cold and wet! I’m on my second Snow Day (off school) this week, and the kids are all happy to have joined me today as well

Home and warming up again by 10am, watching the snow fall outside, but it’s not settling any more. Having caused havoc around here overnight, it’s now just wet and slushy.

So rarely do we ever get snow here, I can’t remember the last time we had even this much!

I got home from school early as all of our children got sent home soon after 2pm; many of them live in outlying areas where the snow was worse than in the city. The cycle ride home was not fun, it was a total blizzard and I could hardly see in front of me, snow kept going in my eyes. Luckily it’s only a short ride!

I went round to meet the kids from school and we decided to abandon all thought of swimming lessons and go out to play in the snow instead. Snow is a rarity and swimming lessons happen every week!

Our school has been closed for tomorrow; will have to listen to the radio in the morning to find out about the kids’ (kind of hoping I’ll get a day off to myself though!).

Really nice to just have some fun together. Josiah has been lovely all day, in fact, which is so unusual at the moment that it’s worth blogging!