Snow(ish)

We are in the process of experiencing winter storm Jonas, a storm that is supposedly about to pummel the DC area.  For us, it is about an inch of snow followed by a whole lot of sleet and freezing rain.  Since we are safely at home, have no where to be, plenty of supplies and are still currently with electricity, we are riding it out with no problem and even a bit of fun. 
Stephanie got a sled for Christmas, and while the ground isn't completely snow covered, the roads are, and no one is out driving, so we availed ourselves to the neighborhood hill this morning.  It was actually super fun because of the icy nature of the snow, and I was able to pull Stephanie all over the neighborhood.  In fact, she even pulled me for a while.  In Kansas, I HATED to play in the snow with her, and I always felt lame about refusing or went out and suffered greatly.  It turns out that seems to be related to the bitterly cold weather that always accompanied our snowstorms there.  Don't get me wrong, it is plenty cold out today, but super tolerable and I didn't even feel a little miserable.  Also, as an added bonus to North Carolina, the entire state is super jumpy about bad weather, and I got canceled out of work after an hour Wednesday night because it was really cold and starting to rain.  I had a totally dry drive home and was back hours early. 

Speaking of snow, the Museum of Life and Science has a pop-up ice skating rink (indoor, not real ice, kids in socks), snowball fights and an icicle forest (made of blue pool noodles dangling from the ceiling- a LOT of pool noodles).  And of course, I have the pictures to prove that we have managed to blow another few days there in the last couple of weeks...

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