It is still snowing! And sticking to everything. Mama picked up the kids on her way home and together they went to buy snow shovels since ours were crushed in the garage. The kids played outside for awhile, making the first snowballs and attempting to make the first snow people of the year; they also shoveled the driveway for fun.
Then we had our traditional "snow snack" of popcorn and hot chocolate. Yum! I don't know for whom else that's a tradition, but I like it. We didn't manage to put out bowls for snow ice cream, figuring they'd fill with leaves or blow away.
The kids did their homework (figuring there will be a delay tomorrow, not a cancellation, but who knows) and then traded Pokemon cards with Mama, while I inadvertently napped on the couch. Eventually, dinner.
Mama just went outside to knock some snow off our small Japanese maple in front (the one in the pictures earlier) which branches were touching the ground. That lifted the branches more than 5'+! But we're still watching both the Japanese maple in front and the 75' silver maple in back because they are both in full foliage and now laden with snow.
Who can believe it? The forecast started with flurries and no accumulation and yet it's been snowing for more than nine hours nonstop! Now the forecast is saying 3-5" accumulation. We'll see. It's beautiful. As long as the wind doesn't get up to the predicted gusts of 60 mph.
For now, the kids are camping out downstairs (away from the silver maple, which was supposed to be cabled for added stability the week Sandy hit! It's a healthy tree; it's just really big.) And we're playing school and our Brownie meeting by ear.
I just hope it isn't our turn to lose power.
My heart goes out to all of those, like my friend Rev. M on LI who has been without power since Sandy struck and who are now covered in snow.
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