SNOW DAY!

SNOW...in Alabama!!  It was beautiful!  We got a "winter storm warning" early that morning (I have to admit that I was skeptical).  It had been raining for days. Seriously, like 4 inches in 4 days, so snow was a very welcome change.  By mid morning small flakes were falling, but melting when they hit the saturated ground, but it kept falling and actually began accumulating.  The kids were ecstatic!  E was running from window to window, dancing and pointing.  H wasn't quite sure what to think, as this was her very first time seeing snow.  She giggled and fed off of her brothers excitement.  So, I bundled the kids up and we headed outside (E said we "have to have mittens on to play in the snow", no clue where he got that!).  We caught snowflakes on our tongues, kicked through the grass and tried to make snowballs, thought there wasn't much on the ground at this point.  The grass was lightly covered and it was starting to fall faster, so the kids got cold quickly.  By the time we were done eating lunch, it was really coming down!  Huge, beautiful, snowflakes, so quiet and soft.  By this time I couldn't even see the grass and it was still coming down!  Dr. M came home early, as classes were canceled for the remainder of the day, (until 10am the next morning) and he wanted to play in the snow with the kids.  He and E built an awesome snowman (that E appropriately named "Frosty").  Dr. M said students on campus were worried about the snow and calling it a "blizzard" and "white out".  I don't think the city owns a snow plow, but put a little sand on bridges and overpasses.  We only got a few inches of snow, but I could hear sirens all day, assuming that these southerners don't know how to drive in this weather.  The snow tapered off by 3pm and stopped by 4.  The sun even came out and started melting it by 5.  By the time we went to bed, very little was still on the ground.  The next day was a beautiful, sunny, almost 60 degree day and all the snow was gone by Noon.  Almost as if it never even fell.  Guess that's how it works down here.  Beggars can't be choosers...I'll take the wonderful snow day we got and look forward to it's return...in 2-3 years :(