The Snow Mountain and others

The Day After the Blizzard

Yes, there was a blizzard and it was insane. It has been a very long time since we had such a snowfall like this. And I stand corrected, we did get about 16" of snow, not the 6 that I thought we were going to get earlier.

When this is what you see on your dining room window, you know that it is not going to look good outside.

Jack loves the feeling of water on his face. The few times that it has snowed this year, he would just stand and watch as the million snowflakes would fall from the sky, and on his face. Which is why he kept looking out the window, hoping that perhaps one snowflake would go through the window and on his tongue.




Et Voila!! The pictures that I wanted! To show Jack just how much snow fell. and how little he looks compared to the giantness that lies on our sidewalks. He loved it. It was great just to take him down the streets, and hear him giggle on the sled. Then he kept climbing the snow hills and said, I'm climbing the mountain! I knew that it was time to go inside when I saw Jack face down in the snow and asked "What are you doing?"
Jack- "Eating the snow." Snow was hanging from his eyes, mouth, scarf, hat, everywhere. Yeah, time to go inside.

The Snowstorm of Our Lives!!!

Thunder Snow. Mega storm. Blizzard. Snowcapolyse.

These are terms that describe what we are about to get hit with in a couple of hours. Chicago is set to get hit with possibly close to two feet of snow.

Congrats Jack! Your first blizzard! My dream is to take a pic of Jack walking down the sidewalk (shoveled of course) and hopefully the snow will be taller than him. Then we can do fun height comparisons when he's older and actually say - "See! The snow was bigger than you! That is how much we got."
Currently, it is 3:08 , and the snow that is falling is not that much. I am calling this a big hype, however, someone said that they got a call from Villa Park and they cannot even see outside their window. That is how much snow is falling.
We will see if Mama gets a snow day tomorrow. Or I may have to trek it to work.
Stay tuned.
I also wonder if it will snow so much that I can just jump out of our first floor window and onto a snow pile?