Feast After Famine

Before today, more snow fell on the region this winter than over the past three years combined. Then we woke up to even more this morning. In truth, it wasn't a lot. Six inches. Tops.

But it sent school officials into a tizzy of fright and worry and they cancelled school. Despite the fact that the roads and sidewalks were entirely clear by 6 a.m.

The upside: we got to play with Esme all day. 

Desmond looks a little indifferent.

But Josephine enjoyed the heck out of it. 

They rolled a snowman. 

And reamed each other with snow balls. 

Then fell asleep fast and hard. Which meant I had a few blissful hours of quiet. Just enough to contemplate the snow Armageddon they're predicting this weekend: 20 inches! If six inches of mostly wet snow can shut the schools down for a day, just imagine what a deluge will do.

Looks like we're going to have Esme home a lot in the coming days. Now there's a happy prospect.