Snow Day #1 of ? 2017

Around this time last week we began to hear rumors about snow making its way to our fine southern state.  Within days the rumor had grown and milk and bread were flying off the grocery store shelves.  (Side note:  Why are people always flabbergasted by the purchase of these items?  They are staples that expire quickly and stores don't stock as much of them as they do fruits, meats, and other perishables.  I'm perplexed by their perplexity of the phenomenon.)  

Anyway, back on track:  The governor declared a state of emergency before the first flake even fell, likely to avoid a horrendous repeat of what happened in 2014.  (If you don't recall or live under a rock, we got a decent amount of snow and ice that began falling mid-morning. Everyone left work and schools let out at the same time and then they all got on unsalted roads, stranding motorists and crippling metro Atlanta for days afterward.) Meteorologists were quoting up to 5-6" in some areas for this one and we were told to be prepared to be stuck indoors for 2-3 days. 

Schools dismissed two hours early just in case and the governor asked everyone to be off the roads by 4pm.  We stocked up and hunkered ourselves down only to awake Saturday morning to a thin sheet of ice with a dusting of maybe 1/2" of snow on top.  Boo and sigh. The weather people had gotten it wrong, the government overreacted, and our Northern friends laughed at us once again. (GIT over y'allsselves.  Really.)

Oh well, the kids had fun regardless.  We went sledding on our tiny hill in our backyard (first with slip n' slide floats and then I busted out cookie sheets, which were way more fun).  We drank hot chocolate, cut paper snowflakes out of coffee filters, did a science experiment, and watched a movie while snacking on popcorn and m&ms.  Even if we didn't get a lot of snow, we still had a great snow day!

By Sunday, everything was fine and we went to church as usual.  I told the kids not to worry. It was January and there was still a good chance we'd see inclement weather again...maybe even enough to make a snowball fight possible.  And until then, it's going to be 70 degrees here by Friday, so how 'bout them apples, Yankees?

My snow bunnies in the...snow?

P.S.  If you haven't seen this video of the SNL skit of "Buford Calloway on the Atlanta Snowstorm", I highly recommend it:  http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/weekend-update-buford-calloway/n45830?snl=1