Snow Day!

With the arrival of our first “real” snow, we had a snow day on Wednesday! Since we’re homeschooled, we don’t get as many snow days as the public schoolers, since we only have to walk down the stairs to our schoolroom. J So Mom lets us have the day off whenever we get our first “real” snow.

Our snow day actually started on Thursday with the arrival of the snowstorm. We had rain all day on Tuesday, and by the time I left worship dance around 9:30 p.m., there was about an inch of sleet on the ground.

Our deck on Tuesday night.

Looking down the street.

I was just about to drift off to sleep around 11:30 p.m. when the power blinked. For the few seconds that it was off, I saw an extremely bright flash of light outside like lightning. Knowing that it wasn’t a lightning bolt, I dashed to my window and pulled up the shades. There was another bright flash and it went from night to day outside for an instant. It was so bright!

Ben, Mom, Dad and I all converged in the hallway. Dad thought that either a telephone pole was hit by a car, or a transformer blew. Worried that someone may have had a car accident on the slick roads, Dad and Ben hopped in the Tahoe to see if they could find out what happened.

They arrived back home about 15 minutes later with the full story. About ½ a mile down the road from our house, a high voltage wire had snapped and started arcing, which caused the bright flashes. By the time they arrived, there were 2 police officers and what appeared to be a volunteer firefighter on the scene. We’re not sure if it snapped just from the weight of the snow, or if a tree limb was leaning on the wire. Thankfully no one was hurt! We did end up losing power for an hour during the night while they fixed the wires, but most of us didn’t even notice, since we were asleep.

Anyway, this post was really supposed to be about the snow day and I chased a long rabbit trail! J Most of us slept in Wednesday morning, but were awakened around 8:00 a.m. to go on a search for the dog’s computer collar. Once we found it, we went back to bed for a little while before getting up around 9:00 a.m. for breakfast.

We received about 3 inches of snow overnight. It was really beautiful in the morning!

Another view of the backyard.

I love when the snow is sticky and stays on the tree limbs so well.

The creek behind the house.

Our deck on Wednesday morning.

The sun came out and made for an absolutely gorgeous day!

Icicles outside my bedroom window.

When we were younger, one of our favorite ways to spend a surprise snow day was playing games with our Barbie and Ken dolls. And of course, we love playing outside building snowmen, having snowball fights, and going sledding. We enjoyed time outside today as well as staying warm inside reading books!

*What do you like to do on a snow day? Do you enjoy going outdoors in the snow? Or do you prefer curling up with a hot drink and a good book indoors? Or do you pull out a special project to work on? Share your answers with us in the comments!*