Snowmageddon

The last 48 hours DC was hit with a massive snowstorm, quickly dubbed "Snowmageddon" it is thought to be the worst storm in decades. The snow started around 4 Friday night, didn't start accumulating til after 7 and by 11 Liam was shoveling about a foot off the front walk. It kept coming down all day Saturday, finally subsiding around 3 in the afternoon. In roughly 24 hours it snowed about 3 feet.
Although we had planned to be exploring Philadelphia this weekend, I could not be happier about this storm.
We have had the most relaxing weekend as a family. Our power stayed on, our fridge was full and we had absolutely nowhere to be. The girls jumped around on the snow, Liam shoveled and I took pictures, ( I helped with the shoveling too). The temperature hovered around -3, making playing in the snow really fun, or really sweaty if you are shoveling tonne after tonne.
The best part: we finally met some neighbours!
As people emerged to shovel, and laugh and walk very reluctant dogs there was this amazing spirit on the street. People who are usually so busy and scheduled had time to say , " hello, how long have you been living here? How old are your girls?", we met a family across the street with a little girl and they invited to girls to come play sometime. We met the neighbors next door with a 23 year old who teaches grade 2 and babysits in the evenings (they really need to pay their public school teachers more-although we will be happy to pay her to babysit!!!). And Liam unable to locate a cab to get back from dropping the rental car- was offered a ride by a guy renting a car!!
I heard a friend say once, "nothing brings a town together like a flood", I have to agree. And I am so thankful.