The snow started yesterday. We had some light flurries yesterday morning and by eveningtime, it was properly snowing. It continued through the night and by this morning, there was truly snow on the ground. This might sound silly to some, but to people from Florida, this is a big deal.
Apparently, it is a big deal to the Brits too. Schools closed, trains and subways stopped running, and all of the airports were reporting major issues. It quickly became clear that there was no way that Joe and Lorre were going to be able to make it to Gatwick this afternoon. Lorre has a Cheshire cat grin on her face and keeps quoting a line of scripture along the lines of "the fervent prayer of a righteous woman will prevail."
It was also clear that it probably wasn't a great idea to take Benjamin to his 6-month check-up today. The roads are terrible on a normal day and we could have likely gotten injured or stranded. I truly believe that Ben fully understands what is going on because he has been extremely happy. He somehow understands that his grandmother gets to stay for a few more days AND he didn't have to get shots today.
Instead of doing anything productive, we are enjoying the snow day. Lorre and I took Benjamin outside for snow pictures. He was not too thrilled about it, but we were. We were also the only fools doing it. A man stopped us and asked us if we minded being in the local paper. I guess they are doing a story on the snow and needed pictures. I'm very excited about that. After all, it isn't just Ben's first snow day. but mine too.
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Wow, I had no idea that you had never seen snow before.
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