Is It Spring Yet?

It's been snowing pretty much all day. It's hard to tell how much we have... I heard 2 to 4 inches so I guess others cannot tell either since that is a pretty wide range for an estimate. The snow is very fine and the wind is blowing it all around.


I have a cold so it is just as well that preschool was cancelled today. I didn't want to get out in the cold windy mess. Sean was disappointed that they were missing their field trip to the Recycling Center. I thought I would include a picture of my friend a kleenex box and I found out that I must be pretty boring when I have a cold. We just use the standard cardboard kleenex box as is... no fancy covers. Look what I found as I looked for a picture.




For whatever reason, I think I'd have issues with pulling a tissue from someone's nose to blow my own. Even if it was Shakespeare himself.

First thing... weather forecast. This evening the news showed us getting 6-9 inches between tomorrow and Saturday. Snow this time... they haven't mentioned ice. We still have standing water in our yard from all the rain so we should be able to make some snowcones or something.

Now for some more Children's Museum pictures.

DINOSPHERE!

The dinosaur exhibit is one of the kids' favorites.
Families dig dinos... and get sand in their shoes.


Sierra is showing signs of less shyness, but this employee seems quite young so it's possible she was mistaken by Sierra for a child.

Sean is displaying his domestic (maternal) side by sitting on the eggs.

Just before he climbed after Sierra, Sean said, "Sierra, some dinosaurs eat dinosaurs, you know." Run, Sierra, run!

The lighting (or lack thereof) made photographing the dinosaur skeletons difficult in the dark, but I thought a couple of these turned out nicely.

A good reason to clean out the garage... This is solid ice now. Might have been a trace of snow underneath at first but then it was the white pellets of sleet and then freezing rain.



See what a good plan it was to leave the snow underneath to help with traction? I stomped my way out to bring the trash cans back to the garage and get the mail.

Slicker than snot....

That is what the roads must be.... for the authorities to already have closed schools for tomorrow. The last time I can remember that happening was when I was a kid (a long time ago). We celebrated by going outside about 9pm and building a snowman... back in the 1970s when we used to get measurable snow. It seems all we get now is enough snow to make the ground look white and then enough freezing rain and sleet to make it useless. I saw the neighbor kid cleaning off his driveway earlier. Perhaps he did not know we were going to get ice too. We think it is good to have a cushion of snow underneath to help with traction, so we leave the snow on the driveway. Truth is that we are getting a second round tomorrow. What fun.

Sean is coughing tonight. I think he's having some allergies since no one else has caught his cold. I think he's allergic to Callie. He did spend some time in her room this evening. Well, actually, he's probably more likely allergic to Binkie the guinea pig rather than his sister. I tried the Vicks thing again... he sure is ticklish when he is asleep. He walked out of his room a few minutes after I put it on his feet and asked me to put him back to bed. I don't know why he does this sometimes. Tonight I asked him why he got out of bed. He looked confused. :)
He's still coughing so either not enough Vicks or he needs some Delsym or the nebulizer.

We live next to the interstate. The snow plow trucks are noisy. Traffic is moving well so the plows are doing a great job scraping and salting. Either that or the drivers are in denial. Usually lasts until they end up in a ditch or see someone else slide off the road.