An Unexpected Snow Day

Well, last Friday, the weather forecasters were predicting we could get significant snowfall on Monday night and into Tuesday, so of course all of us were getting very excited and planning our day off for Tuesday. They said the weather pattern appeared to be very similar to the Blizzard of '93, so we were very excited at the prospect of getting more snow than a dusting. I'm amazed at how little snowfall Knoxville gets--even in comparison to Cleveland, an hour south of us. I definitely wanted Jenna to experience snow before she was 5 years old!

Back to the weather forecast...by Saturday, the weather advisory was gone and there wasn't a snow prediction anymore. Apparently, the weather pattern had changed, and we weren't expected to get much of anything at all. So this morning, I went to work expecting nothing, but by 10 am, the snow had begun...big huge flakes and all! By 10:30, Jenna's school had decided to close at noon, so I had to leave work to get her. I had plenty to do at work, but was glad to have an unexpected half-snow day! The roads were pretty slushy by the time I left work, and I was glad to not have to drive in them later in the day when they would potentially be worse. I couldn't even get up our driveway (which is not that steep) until I'd shoveled it!

This afternoon, we just took it easy--Jenna napped and I did some stuff for work. Then came the fun when we built Jenna's first snowman. She really wasn't excited about playing in the snow--she more liked playing in the melted snow (i.e. water puddles). I asked her if she wanted to lay in the snow to make a snow angel, and she said nope.

Enjoy the pictures!