We woke up on 4/11 to about 3 inches of snow! The kids were vibrating with excitement. We gave them a piece of toast and threw on our snow stuff. We were outside by 7:45, though G and Pa decided to enjoy the snow out the window instead of actually outside.

We had to bash the snow off our plum trees and even with that, we still lost a few branches. Our tulips held up though with nice snow hats. Adam pulled the kids down to the park in the sled. We were the first ones there- pushing the snow off the slide, making a path, and sledding. We ended up with over 5 inches and it was wet! The entire time we were out we would hear ‘creek’ and ‘crack’ as big branches fell all around the neighborhood. It was sad to see many trees in the neighborhood destroyed due to the spring snow storm.

I ended up with a snow day and stayed home with the kids and my parents. It was a nice bonus- an extra day of spring break and spending the last day my parents were here together. The snow melted enough that we could go for a walk (my parents hadn’t packed gear for walking in the snow). Sloane and Soren only splashed them a few times while stomping on the slush piles. Soren managed to get the bottoms of his rain paints FILLED with snow. I had to turn the cuffs out a couple times because they got so heavy he struggled to walk. They built snow people in the backyard. The carrot noses kept getting shorted because they doubled as a snack.