Finally, with the second winter storm of the week, the timing was right and schools closed for the day today, giving both Ella and Malte their very first snow day ever! The bulk of the snow fell yesterday (about 8-10″), but the city was still catching up this morning, and it was still snowing though much lighter than yesterday. This was all on top of the 12+” of snow we got last Sunday.
Yesterday i (Bill) stayed home as my office closed for the day, but Ella and Malte were still in school all day. I did a lot of shoveling, but we didn’t play much yesterday because it was really windy and hard to see well. Autumn and i did get out for a short bike ride in the snow before it got too dark.
I was working today, but Autumn and the kids got out to play today, including Malte’s first time snowshoeing.
It was a perfect day for snowshoeing, with a good 2 feet of fresh powdery snow and plenty of snow piles to climb. Here’s a picture of the driveway and back of the house after it was shoveled last. The fence is about 4 feet tall, and the snow pile next to the fence is now over 5 feet tall.
They stopped to visit our friend Sonja, then headed to a local field for some trailblazing. Malte got a good workout by running laps around the field, leaving a spray of snow in his wake. You can see him and the rest of the snowshoe crew in action in the Snow day movie that Autumn just finished.
We have lots more pictures in the picture gallery, including a couple of shots of the dog bite Autumn got while running two weeks ago (big bruise, no puncture), and the Tri-U-Mah indoor triathlon that Autumn and her mom did last month.
