Snowy Day

Well, they were calling for the big Mid-Atlantic storm to hit us late Saturday morning. It slowed down on the way, and diudn't get to us until about 9:00 at night. We had planned to spend the snowy day making cookies and wrapping presents, then watching Christmas specials all through the snowy night. Made a few cookies, wrapped a few presents, and watched The Year without a Santa Claus anyway. Love that Snow Miser and Heat Miser.

It did indeed snow all night, falling at 2 or 3 inches per hour at one point. I'm still not sure what the official measurement was; with the wind, there were lots of drifts.

I've heard anywhere from 8.5 to 12 inches. I'm guessing it was closer to 12 near us.

That's Yale-New Haven Hospital up on the right.

Even though it was a Sunday, we still had a busy day planned. Peter's basketball game ended up getting cancelled, which was fine. He got a workout anyway, helping us shovel. And as a bonus, he got to work the snowblower for the first time.

Catherine and Isabel had plans to go downtown to see The Nutcracker with some friends; one of Catherine's BFFs was an angel in the production. Catherine was pretty fond of the cake decoration scene.

John tried to play in the snow with Strudel, but all she wanted to do was play fetch, and the balls got lost in the snow. Instead, she did 30 minutes on the treadmill to work off some energy.

As for me? I made cookies and wrapped presents.

Then I took a nap.