Snow week

We are now entering day 4 of 'Snowmageddon'. We have been iced-in since Sunday night with little relief in sight. And before you folks up north laugh at us, just remember that Atlanta has a snow event like this about every 20 years (the last one was in 1993), so we simply don't have the resources to keep the roads cleared. They announced on Sunday that school was cancelled Monday before a snowflake even fell and I honestly thought it was going to be a lot of hype for nothing. We prepared just in case with the necessary staples - bread, milk, beer and wine.

Then about 10pm on Sunday, the snow finally started falling. It was very heavy and we had several inches within an hour. We woke up Monday morning to a beautiful scene of about 5 inches of fresh snow. We had a blast on Mason's first 'real' snow day (we had a dusting on Christmas day, but nothing like this)! We took plenty of pictures as you'll see below. Throughout the day, the snow turned to ice and the road conditions deteriorated. And since the temperature hasn't risen above freezing, they have not improved since.

The excitement of snow has now turned into full-on cabin fever. And since Mason's school has been closed all week, Chris and I are taking turns watching him while trying to work from home (not easy with a 7 month old). Looks like we'll be home again on Thursday and we're hoping for a bit of a thaw so that we can venture out Friday. I've enjoyed this week at home with my boys, but I'm getting behind at work.

We took Shadow out Sunday night when it was really snowing hard. I call this one 'Black dog in snow'.
This is the beautiful scene we woke up to Monday morning.
Getting Mason all bundled up to go out in the snow!
Baby's first snow day!

As you can see, we had a hard time keeping Shadow still. She loves the snow!
A very cute and COLD family
Our house so pretty covered in snow
Chris playing with Shadow. She did not act like an 8 year old dog today!
We took a walk right at dusk before it got too icy.
Our evening stroll wore Mason out!!
Hope everyone is staying safe and warm! Let's all hope for a thaw very soon!!

There are more pictures in our new winter album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/chenretty/MasonWinter2011#