Apparently I was MUCH too busy over the past week (3 days of which I was snow-bound) to do any blogging. But, oh, what an exciting week it was. Max got to experience his 2nd snow already! The "Snowstorm of 2011!" Dun dun dun....I totally wish I had measured the snow depth, but I think it was about 6" and regardless, it was the most snow around these here parts since 1988.
I never EVER believe the weather forecasters around here when they call for snow. I remember far too many occasions when I was hugely disappointed as a kid, waking up early in the morning on a school day just positive that school would be cancelled because the weathermen had assured us a huge snowfall overnight...and, nothing. Granted, I think our weather forecasters have improved greatly since my childhood, when the local news channel once was so excited that Charlie the weatherman had correctly predicted something for once that they adopted as their slogan "Charlie said it would, and it DID!" for quite some time. However, I still don't believe it until I see it. So, I was actually surprised when I got up at 2 AM on this past Monday to an already white yard and snow falling in massive quantities. It made me almost as happy as I was when I was a kid.
I sent Bailey out first, to check on conditions. This was shortly before 7 AM. She reported "cold and treacherous" and "nowhere to go to the bathroom."
Next Max and Chris checked out the snowfall, and Max got cold just thinking about going outside.
"Ok, I'm warm now, let's go play in the snow!"
While Max doesn't have much snow-gear, we were able to cobble together a suitable outfit for his brief snow outing, compliments of Julie (hand-me-down adorable blue bear outfit) and Chris (his mittens from when he was little). On his first foray into the snow, we didn't venture very far from the house:
Chris couldn't resist dusting off the old Jeep and taking her for a spin around the neighborhood. I didn't think this was the greatest idea, but he just couldn't resist. "Hey, I've driven in the ALPS, this is no big deal." (he didn't really say this, but he has said it before) ... but I was afraid he might be under-estimating "The Snowstorm of 2011." So, I took a few pictures in case this was the last we ever saw of him.
Amazingly, he made it back in one piece. We decided to load up and go for a walk. But first, we had Bailey check the conditions again. "Still cold and treacherous, but if you want to take me for a walk, I'll risk it."
Max was such a good sport -- and before anyone reports us to DSS, he had on MULTIPLE layers,and before the end of the walk, his face was covered with a blanket.
And while Bailey initially found the conditions less than ideal, she did contemplate going for a swim. We had to remind her that our neighborhood pond is not, in fact, supplied by a hot spring but by dirty neighborhood runoff.
When we got back to the house, Max could not resist making his very first snow angel. We think he did a pretty good job for his first shot.
I was a little bit sad that this snow didn't seem to lend itself to snowman-making, but it would have been tough to top George anyway. And while Max was OK with being out in the snow,
he was definitely happy to end the day warm and snuggly inside.
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