Today just some more pictures from our two days living in a winter wonderland…

The boys were trying really hard to build a “Frosty” but the snow was so powdery it just wouldn’t stick together…

But Maxwell and I got out there the next day and made two snowmen!  success and happy boy!

The leaf hats were his idea!  🙂

When we were outside on Tuesday we saw this coming down the road…

Needless to say, we didn’t get our mail that day!

On Wednesday morning we did bundle up and venture down the road to grab coffee at Church St. which was actually open.  Robert was literally skating down the road.

It was all such an adventure.

Now that we’ve had our snow fun, I’m very happy for a weekend in the 60’s!  Happy Friday all!

So…Tuesday. Oh, Tuesday.  The day started normally with a weather forecast for cold temps and maybe a “light dusting” of snow.  The flurries started at 9:00 – so fun! – but then it just kept coming.  Susan had taken the boys to the library but then came home early when the weather started to get bad.  By 10:40 she was on her way home and Robert left his office as well.  That’s when the adventure began!  The roads got really bad, really fast.  Robert’s office is at the top of a hill and he didn’t even make it down the hill before slipping and sliding everywhere and eventually getting rear-ended. He then got into the parking lot of Target at Brookwood Mall, bought some boots, gloves and a hat and took off on foot.  An hour and approximately 4 snowy miles later we were VERY glad to see this coming up the driveway…

Go USA and go Dad!

Unfortunately, many were not as lucky as Robert and didn’t make it home – Susan included!  As I’m typing this Monday night, Susan is stranded at the Birmingham Country Club!  From the reports I have read on Facebook it’s been a total snowpocalypse – cars abandoned on the side of the roads, wrecks everywhere, people sitting on interstates for hours, children stranded at the junior high and high school.  What a mess!  The main problem was that the meteorologist didn’t predict this so no one was prepared.  Kids went to school this morning and then, at 10:30, they announced school was closing at 10:45.  By that point, the roads were already virtually impassable.  By 2:00 we had 3 inches of snow on the ground and everything looked like a (dangerous!) winter wonderland!

I am just so grateful that Robert made it home, fender bender or not!  I’m also so, so grateful that I ended up taking Maxwell up to the doctor on Monday so I wasn’t either trying to get him up to the doctor yesterday or stuck at home with a super sick kid and no way to get medicine for him.  I will say, after only 2 days on amoxicillin he’s already feeling worlds better.  Yay!

With everyone happily safe at home, we all bundled up and got out to play in the snow!

I took tons of pics with my real camera so will get those up soon.  It was a stressful, eventful and ultimately fun day!

Just a few more pictures from the park…

chubby cheeks…

Love this one…Maxwell’s ready!

And these crack me up…these are totally the faces Spencer makes when he’s frustrated and can’t get what he wants!  ha!

And have to finish with a spin on the tire swing!

See you tomorrow!