We started with a special pajama pancake breakfast. The girls came down in their pajamas in the morning (which they thought was great because they usually get dressed before coming downstairs) and helped Dad make pancakes. They got to pick their own add-ins (raisins for Nora and dehydrated pineapples for Abby) and toppings (whipped cream and syrup - yay!)
After breakfast Adam went out to shovel (because the twice that he shoveled last night wasn't enough - 13 inches is a lot of snow!) and the girls and I went out to play. Everyone was excited about playing until we got to the snow; then Nora wasn't so sure she really wanted to get into that mess.
We hadn't heard the official total yet, so we decided to find out for ourselves with a yardstick.
We had drifts up to 20 inches in some places, but I think we actually got about 13-14 inches. Those 20 inch drifts were fun - Abby kept getting stuck, which she found hilarious.
When Adam finished shoveling he came over to play for a little bit.
But by that point Nora was ready to be done, so he graciously offered to take her inside and let Abby and me keep playing for awhile. I tried to convince her to make a snowman with me, but I couldn't hold her interest that long. Mostly she liked tromping through the drifts and breaking off the icicles. (And, consequently, I now have a severe case of snowman envy after seeing all the snowman pictures on Facebook this afternoon.) But it was all worth it when, while diving headfirst into a snow drift, Abby told me, "This is the best day of my life!"
And of course, no snow day is complete without some hot chocolate when you come inside.
Happy (almost) Easter!
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