Snoverload
I can hardly even keep the blizzards straight this winter! They started getting names from locals like “Snowmaggedon” and “Snowpocalypse“. Then, as we were hit again and again and AGAIN, people started referring to the storms as “Snoverload“, “Snoverkill” and “Snow-away!“
This was the front of our house after the double-dump, a few days apart. Joel had already shoveled after the first big snow so this doesn’t even do it justice.
Still coming down…
Joel’s car is somewhere under there!
Our street, facing south toward the Capitol.
I decided to attempt to walk down the alley behind our house.
It was deep!
My footprint…
The back of our house…
Ellie waving to me!
Trash wasn’t picked up for weeks it seemed!
The reflection of our back porch.
Serious ice!
She was smiling for the first few minutes outside only!
Joel built an igloo for Ella and her best bud, Giovanni!
There were many inconveniences…like ZERO milk on the shelves in the stores, cancellations of everything, kids going cuckoo from being stuck indoors. I even had TWO falls - one down our front steps (luckily no baby in my arms) and one on the sidewalk in front of a friend’s house (had Zeke that time but no damage to him atleast)!
But, we made lots of memories too! We did urban sledding behind the minivan with cousins, we braved the streets for Ethiopian food with family, Joel played tackle football in the piles of snow, we strapped our kids to our backs so we could walk to the church for the Superbowl, and we built our first snowman and first igloo with the kids. Joel kept reminding me that we will probably never experience this in DC again!
February 27th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
so glad I missed this