blizzard of 2009

we are finally shoveled out and recovering from the blizzard of 2009. long island totals came in at 26.3" of snow. ava spent most of saturday waiting for the storm and asking me when is it coming? as soon as the flurries started she wanted to go outside and to quote charlie brown "make sugar" she tried her best to catch those flakes.

as the day went on it kept on snowing...and snowing...and snowing. this is the view from our backdoor at 8:00 at night.

and here is what we woke up to 12 hours later.

from the time ava opened her eyes on sunday morning, all we heard was "come and see the snow" and "when can we go outside and make snow angels?" georgia was not vey happy with with the height of the snow, though i did make her a little path.

finally after lunchtime, we put the boots, gloves and layers of clothes on and ava and i braved the 29 degrees and 2 feet of snow. shovel and broom in hand we headed out to start the clean up with strict instructions not to make snow angels until just before we were ready to come in from the snow. the grandma in me didn't want her outside for too long after she was totally covered in snow. of course she had to make the biggest snowball she could lift and at least she remembered to tell georgia to watch out before she threw it.

look grandma...the snow is this big....



and yes we did get to make snow angels. out of all the photos we took and all the fun we had this is my favorite moment... the sunshine in the day...



it's these moments that make us realize just how lucky we are. it's so important to take a moment in our busy lives to enjoy the simple joys.