Snow, in Texas?

Would you believe me if I told you we got 9 inches of snow on Thursday? Well, we did.



Now do you believe me? Crazy, isn't it? That is the most snow I have ever seen in Texas. We generally get one snow day a year. Most of the time it's actually sleet, but sometimes it is snow. We never get more than 1" of accumulation, IF there is any accumulation at all, so 9 inches just blew us away. Out by us (west of the metroplex) and up in Denton (where we used to live) are the areas that got most of the accumulation. Dallas proper didn't see any accumulation and other suburbs got about 1-2".

Kaylin had a blast playing in it. Jonathan was napping and then asleep when we played in it. I thought about taking him out in it, but then once I realized how deep it was, I scratched that idea. He doesn't have snow boots, or any boots really. And since he's just getting over an ear infection I didn't think he needed to be out there with soaking wet pants legs. I am such a mean mommy!

Here are some pictures of Kaylin making snow angels and having snowball fights.




And wait, where did the sidewalk, driveway and my bushes go?!




As of this morning, all of the snow is melted, with the exception of the shady areas. I guess the temps being 53° the next day will do that. Crazy Texas weather. Snow on Tuesday, but nothing stuck, 65° on Wednesday, 9" of snow on Thursday, and back up to 53° on Friday. How long until Spring is here? We Spring Forward tonight, so I hope the temperatures follow suit and start changing soon!

As always...you can see all of the snow pictures on our Picasa account, which you can access by clicking on the Photo Gallery link on right-hand side.