That night the freezing ran rolled in around 3:00 am and at 6:00 am the phone rang and it was the school district letting us know that there would be no school that day. Around noon the snow rolled in and we got about 4 inches at the house. The cold weather stayed around and the temperature didn't get above freezing for the next four days and school was canceled for the remainder of the week. It was the first time in the history of the school district that they had ever had to cancel 4 days of school in a row for snow.
Since we don't have the ability to clear snow and ice from all the roads I ended up working from home the entire week. In addition to all the cold and snow the state wasn't prepared for the surge in electric needs and they had to implement rolling blackouts to conserve electricity. My work building lost power for an entire day so even if I could have made it in I would have sent me home.
The boys certainly enjoyed all the time off school since it meant more xbox minutes but after being cooped up in the house for 6 six days we were all starting to get a little stir crazy.
True to Texas weather a week later we were outside and didn't even need a jacket.
Looking out our backyard, the snow starting to fall.
Caroline checking out the snow.
Alex getting ready to go down the snow covered slide in a box.
Wipe out at the bottom.
Caroline and I in the snow.
Caroline ready to go down the slide.
Snow day number 5!. Alex and Andrew decided that they needed to wear their goggles outside this time.
Andrew really bundled up ready to head outside.
Just outside our backyard the boys are ready ready to sled down the hill in a box.
It wasn't slippery enough on the hill for the box to slide on it's own so Alex had to keep pushing it.
Whoops.
