Snow Day

I grew up in Arizona where there is no such thing as a snow day. The only time we had an emergency closing was when it rained so hard that the schools were worried about flooding. They had a good reason. On the bus ride home, we went over a bridge that was usually about 20 feet above a small creek only about a foot deep. That day, the river was only about a foot below the bridge! I have seen it when it actually went over the bridge...crazy!

But here in New Jersey, the township builds three extra days in the school year to "plan" for the days that it snows over three inches. That's when they close the school... They've also started a new program that we get an automated phone call for emergency closings. We got a call last night at 11 p.m. They don't seem to mind calling at weird hours since it's automated. But I was grateful that they didn't disturb my sleep at 5 a.m. again and that I knew that I could turn off my alarm BEFORE I went to bed.

Having a snow day is like getting a surprise vacation day. I got to sleep in until 8:15 and made a nice breakfast for the kids. Then they went outside to play in the snow. By the time I was ready to go outside, Christian was already back inside (that was nice, then he could watch Katie for me). I grabbed a shovel and shoveled snow for an hour and a half. I guess that's what happens if you have a wide driveway, you get almost no help ( Jonathon cleaned half of the car before he froze), and there's four inches of snow on the ground...

Michael came home from work at 2:30, dropped Jonathon off at his dentist appointment and took Christian and Eliza to the high school to go sledding. I picked Jonathon up and met him there so that Nathaniel and Jonathon could go too. After about half an hour, we headed to Wawa and grabbed hot chocolate and donuts.

All I can say is, "Hooray for Snow Days!" - especially if Michael is around to enjoy them with us!