First Experience of Snow

I have lived in the 'burbs' of Seattle for 8 plus years now and have never experienced the amount of snow or cold we have had this December. After 2 days of cabin fever, we dropped the boys off at grandma and grandpa's to finish up some Christmas shopping and get ready for the impending wind storm. It seems everyone had the same idea. Traffic was nuts getting into Issaquah. Crowds everywhere you went, so we (okay, mainly me) packed a little extra patience and some Ho, Ho, Ho to get through the day.

Once home, Andy would not come inside, so we let him play outside a bit more and while getting a couple more pictures of him playing in the snow on the deck, I had an escapee. At first, my mind was thinking this outta be good, but I just started snapping pictures and discovered the first falling down the snow was not something of complete joy.

Christmas Break Started Early

Wednesday's forecast was snow, snow, snow. In true form, the schools cancelled school just in case and nope, no snow. Luckily, I was able to get a couple of errands done before the snow did arrived on Thursday morning. Dad stayed home on Wednesday as well, but needed to go into the office on Thursday. We woke to a blanket of white and roads that were quickly becoming parking lots. Dad worked from home again and Andy and mom took some time to play in the snow. Later on in the afternoon, Andy was able to go sledding down the drive way. Here's a bit of his fun for the day.