SNOWPOCALYPSE (aka Blizzard 2010)

The weathermen had been calling all week for this "major snowstorm" to hit us this weekend. They were right! Of course, in anticipation of the big storm, I went grocery shopping Thursday morning for the basics (milk, chocolate, ingredients for chicken 'n dumplings), then Dave went mid-day on Friday for beer, more milk, and then again a few hours later for even more essentials...ingredients for snacks for Super Bowl Sunday. Okay, we had the grocery thing covered for sure.... Ava and I picked up books and movies at the library and we put gas in the car. It was all covered. We were ready for the snow to begin!

The kids had a 3 1/2 early dismissal on Friday. Amelia was the only one who went to school. She sure enjoys those short school days! I couldn't pick up three kids all between 11:30-12:00, so being Amelia's school is right around the corner, she was the one who had to go. By 11:30am the snow was falling and didn't stop until about 3:00pm today - over 24 hours of constant snow fall. The heaviest snow fell over night. By morning, our unofficial measurement was 18 inches on our back porch, by noon - 24 inches, by 3:00pm - 26 inches. Officially, the 4th largest snowstorm in the D.C. area.

Dave did most of the driveway shoveling. The car still needs to be uncovered and the county snow plow needs to plow the street. Amelia and Ava could only handle playing outside for a short time today, but they will be super excited tomorrow when they head out and see the caves their neighbor friend has already built.

The first photo above is the scene out our front door. The snow almost comes up to our front door (about 5 or 6 steps), then the scene from our half shoveled driveway, then there's Dave working hard, finally that's Ava, our snow measurement girl.

We had a great day snowed in here with all our cozy comforts. My mom and brother have been without power for almost 24 hours now - no heat, no warm water and stranded. Hoping their day will be better tomorrow.