Winter in Snow-cago!

Well, they had been predicting this for awhile and it hit.....

The Blizzard of 2011!

For starters, this resulted in a snow day!

Last night the storm hit around 2. I'm glad everyone was safely at home. I went outside to video the storm and Gracie was ready inside with the flashlights just in case.

They were predicting 16-24 inches over Chicagoland and this morning there is was.
On our kitchen window,

on our back porch,


our backyard,

blown up against our front door,

up against our basment windows,

covering our little tree in the front yard,

consuming our court, burying the little tree in the middle,

blown up against our garage door,

blown up on our front porch,

and covering my litte gnome.

So what did we do today?

Well, Gracie hung out in her ballet gear today practicing her moves because her dance class got canceled last night.

Presley had fun practicing his swings with the princess baseball bat.

And Evie wanted to snuggle and read books!

After naps, I decided to bundle up the kids and take them outside for some quick pictures.

You will have to ignore Presley's silver boots. I don't have boots for him yet.

This was actually Evie and Presley's first time in or near the snow.

Presley loved it!

Evie didn't know what to make of it and stood frozen still, afraid to move. Also, maybe because she was wearing Grace's old boots and couldn't walk too well in them.

Gracie loveed it of course and wanted to stay and play in it.

After a few minutes, Evie was ready to go back in and stood by the door.

But I had to talk this one into coming in....

And here is some video of the storm from standing on my back porch last night.