Let it snow!

I was definitely a skeptic. The weathermen were calling for 9 inches of snow but we hear it all the time around here. They hype up the weather so that you will stay tuned and watch their news and increase their ratings. Daniel worked for the News, we know how it works. Besides, when was the last time we saw snow around here? If my memory serves me correctly it was 5 years ago. Thats long enough to be skeptical about the "snowstorm of 2010" as they are calling it. I guess I was wrong. When I looked out the window on Saturday morning I was shocked to see a blanket of the white stuff. It continued throughout the day on Saturday and in the end, we got 9 inches, I couldnt believe it! For the most part, my little family stayed indoors and kept warm, but there were a few outings. Most of them were for Cooper because this was his first snow and to my surprise he loved it. He hates getting wet in the rain and he is not too big on cold weather especially since his hair is so short and sparse. I never did understand how the Boxer breed could be from the cold climates of Germany considering that for the most part they have no hair on their belly and upper legs. Seems like they would freeze. So I thought he would go outside, do his business and beg to come back in. How wrong I was. He ran around like crazy and dug in the snow.


After a hearty breakfast of pancakes and then suiting up for the cold, we took Maddie out to see her first snow. Here she is with Daniel in her cute giraffe suit standing on the back porch.


Today, the snow let up and the sun came out. Daniel and I decided to go outside and take a few pictures before the snow melted. So we suited up Maddie again and went for a walk around the block. The snow was quite deep in some spots and there was quite a bit of ice. I was very worried about Maddie staying warm the whole time but I had nothing to worry about, she stayed quite warm against Daniels chest, so warm she fell asleep. Well, its late in the evening now and the temps have dropped quite a bit out there tonight. I am hoping that the roads are iced over enough that Daniel will have a good excuse not to go to work and we can have a nice long weekend. I am sure that will be the case, I think it is supposed to be like 17 degrees tomorrow morning. They are already closing all the schools in this area. One thing I love about it snowing in Hampton Roads, the whole city shuts down. No school, no work..yeah!