Ice and Snow

Last weekend the temperature was in the 60-70s.  You didn't even need to wear a jacket.  On Tuesday, the temperature dropped to below freezing and sleet fell all night.  We woke up to an inch or more of ice everywhere.  The city shut down, everything was closed.  Wednesday and Thursday it continued with below freezing temperatures along with rolling blackouts to avoid power failures.  We are very close to some nursing homes so we were not included in the rolling blackouts, at least I assume that was the reason why we weren't included.  On Friday we were supposed to get 1-2 inches of snow that turned into about 5 inches of snow by the time it stopped falling.  We had some fun playing in the snow yesterday.  Unfortunately, it was super powdery snow, snowmen were impossible to make.  We found ways to have fun anyway, like snowball fights and playing Jovi's made up game called "follow the snow tracks".  Someone makes tracks to a hiding place and everyone else has to follow the tracks to find them.  Today the snow is melting, but there is more winter weather in the forecast so we will see what the next week brings.




One good thing about an icy/snowy week is that we got a lot of school done and I was even able to sew a bit.  We ended up doing 4 (modified) weeks worth of work in one week and now we are on schedule to finish school by the end of June.  I made the kids a bunch of doll diapers, attempted tiny doll clothes (a bit of a disaster, but Jovi still likes them) and have started finishing all of my UfOs (unfinished objects).  I now have one baby boy gift, and am working on a whole stack of baby clothes that will turn into future shower gifts.