Snow day

Today is a snow day. I am going to be honest but I was a little surprised.. the kids have trudged to school in worse conditions than these. Sure, it is snowy... and windy... and gross but, heck, we are Canadian so, apparently, we have to like this crappy weather 😉 I like to think of this snow day as a belated Valentine's present... yes, for the kids, but mostly for the parents! This morning, I had a precious half hour more of quiet-coffee-time-without-boys-asking-for-breakfast-or-where-the-milk-is. I was also greeted by much happier teenagers when they realized that it was 10am when I woke them up and they didn't have to go to school. I didn't have to make lunches. I didn't have to rush kids out the door. I didn't have to nag (at least not this morning...yet...). Happy belated Valentine's Day to me! 

Happy Tuesday aka Snow Day! xox

Snow Day

Yesterday evening, the boys must have asked me every 15 minutes whether there would be a Snow Day. The weather channel was forecasting about 40-55 cm of snow but, heck, they have been wrong (and really wrong) before. Anyway, just before sending them to bed, we got the long awaited email from their school board: SNOW DAY! This is really a call for celebration because we don't seem to get a lot of Snow Days anymore. We have lots of ice days or generally overall crappy weather days that don't result in days off school but not so many real Snow Days so the boys went to bed happy. So did I because I was intending on working from home anyway and a Snow Day means no having to get up so early... no making lunches... no morning nagging... ahhhhh!

I remember Snow Days when I was growing up. We didn't have the internet and Facebook (heck, I don't even think that Mark Zuckerberg was our of diapers yet!) so, when I heard my mother turn on the radio in the morning, we always said a little prayer to the Snow Day gods. We listened, hopeful, for our school board to be one of the lucky ones that would be closed that day. It was absolute magic when we learned that our prayers were answered! The best days!!!

Today, I am sitting here with 3 happy boys (and, no, I was not allowed to take any pictures of them), thankful that we can just enjoy each other's company (well.. at least that is how I feel) and watch the snow come down... You have to love a good Snow Day! On top of it, a Friday one :) Can't get any better...

Enjoy your Friday... especially if you also have a Snow Day! xox

Snow Day!

Today is a Montreal-wide snow day! Not that I really like snow but this is a snow day like we used to have when I was growing up: all snow and not terrible ice or rain or wet or absolute non-able-to-survive-outside freezing temperatures. It is nice enough to venture outside to go sledding but insane to drive anywhere further than the local grocery store.
I think that, in all, we got over 35 cm since last night and it just finished snowing about an hour ago. The schools all called a day off last night, making it really fun to tell the boys! Even universities proclaimed today a snow day and I cannot remember the last time that happened!
Anyway, Happy Snow Day! It feels good to drink coffee and wear my slippers while I get work done ;)

xox to you all! Safe driving for all those who woke up to massive snowbanks and bad road conditions. To all those who love snow but don't normally get it: don't worry- it is in the mail ;)

This was last night already, just before the schools decided to close today

What we woke up to!

Our cars are somewhere under those snow piles!

Even our snowman looks pissed off ;)

Like father, like son!

After Andreas and Alexander dug the car out!

That is a lot of snow!