We have SO MUCH SNOW. We have had over 70 inches fall since our first storm, right after Christmas. Henry has had 4 school snow days. We have had virtually no days above freezing, so when the snow falls it is staying put. The pile next to our driveway is over 7 feet tall (try shoveling wet, heavy snow onto a pile well above your head, seeing it roll right back down to your feet, and try not to weep).
To give you an idea, here is some of the snow on our street yesterday, at the start of the storm that brought about 11 more inches:
This one shows the side of our driveway....it is much, much taller today. Our little tree can no longer be seen at all. Can a dogwood survive being completely buried in snow? I hope so....
Here is our backyard (taken through the screen, so not a great shot). The low parts of the wall (the snow is to the top) are about 5 feet tall to give you an estimation of depth:
You can somewhat make out our grill on the left.
This tree didn't make it. I don't think it is meant to be in a horizontal position:
The roof and gutters are completely covered in ice. We have some impressive icicles surrounding us:
Henry and I are going a little nuts cooped up in the house:
This is what has become of his room:
We blatantly stole this idea from our friend Kiera's blog (hi Kiera!) and played in a sink of colored bubbles for a while this afternoon:
But I am also ashamed to admit that he said to me today "This is so fun, you are letting me watch a lot of TV!!!" (hanging my head in shame....)
The extended forecast looks somewhat grim. More snow on Saturday (but "only" a few inches) and the first somewhat warmish day to melt some of this....Valentine's Day. Sigh.
In good news, Henry had his dentist appointment yesterday and was pronounced to have perfect teeth including "ideal tooth spacing and jaw alignment". I was shocked seeing as I had many, many years of extensive orthodontics. He lucked out on those genetics!
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