Snow Days

Another snow day! It's rare we get one snow day in the Chicagoland area, so to get two days off in a row is pretty nice. It seemed like most everyone was off of work yesterday as the roads were not passable.

We had plenty of notice the storm was coming, so by Tuesday afternoon the kids and I were home. Jay and Jenny went to fetch Jay's niece as the buses at her school were not going to run due to the approaching storm. The storm hit Tuesday afternoon and it seemed to pass through by Wednesday at noon. We've gotten a lot of snow before, but this storm was different as it was accompanied by high winds. In the pictures you can see some of the drifts are pretty high. It took Jay about 4 hours to dig us out. Needless to say he was pretty tired last night. Shoveling snow is hard work. Most of the roads have at least one lane open, but some of the subdivisions still need to be plowed. That, combined with extremely cold temperatures, caused most schools in the area to cancel again today.
I think the temperatures are supposed to climb this weekend and we are hoping to be able to take the kids outside to do some sledding.