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Valentine’s SNOW Day?!

We knew snow was in the forecast, but we didn’t realize just how much we’d get. It was bitterly cold yesterday and we got a bit of freezing rain during the day. About 10:00 at night, though…it started to snow and snowed until the early morning hours. We got between 4-6 inches! For your viewing pleasure: a San Antonio snow day!

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Grilling steaks when it was 23 degrees…
I thought this was cold (look at the “feels like” temperature)!
Then we hit -1 as the “feels like” temp…
…and then we hit -6!
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This is when it first started coming down.
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He hadn’t gone to sleep yet, so he got to see the late-night snow.
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He was just a little excited.
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SNOW!
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It was really coming down!
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The back yard at about 11:00 last night.
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Last night, Paul had asked Joseph to set out clothes for the morning (this was before it started snowing). Joseph has a pretty funny sense of humor.
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We woke up to snow in the trees and on the roof…
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…snow in the back yard…
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…and snow in the front.
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She really, really wanted to go out (she missed the night before because she was asleep and there was no way I was going to wake her up for it…it would have been WWIII trying to get her to go back to bed after that).
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Paul was sweeping off most of the snow…
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…and then shoveling the rest to get us a good, safe walkway.
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“Uh, Dad…can you go any faster?” 😉
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I could not believe just how much snow there was out there.
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One happy kiddo.
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Another happy kiddo.
She kept saying, “Snow!!!!”
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Her “cheese” face. We made sure to have them wear their sunglasses because it was pretty bright out there.
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They were trying to make snowballs, but it was too powdery.
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This leaf happened to be in the perfect place for this footprint “face” 😀
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She loved being able to run and not worry about cars. You can also see the edge of Joseph’s snow angel. I didn’t realize that until right now. I wish I had gotten a shot of that!
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She was getting ready to “get” me. 😉
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Cold artwork (this is one of my brother Gary’s sculptures).
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Paul pieced this sled together for the kids: old table legs, a board, and a chunk of rope.
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Bringing the sled back up the “hill” (our driveway).
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There was so. much. snow.
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Once again…”SNOW!”
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Every once in a while, there would be a gust of wind that would send snow flurrying out of the tree. She loved when that would happen.
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Looking at the “flurries”.
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This was right before lunch. Paul had cleared off the back patio so that it wouldn’t ice over. Still so, so much snow.
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Family selfie!
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Ready for Round 2 (we went in for lunch and got into dry clothes before heading back out).
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Thumbs up with our snowman!
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He was fun to make.
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A baby carrot for a nose, twigs for arms, and pebbles for eyes.
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Can you see the heart? 🙂
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He used pebbles to make a happy snowball. 🙂
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We were outside for over an hour…I knew they wouldn’t want to come in, but we needed to (I could feel the temps start dropping again), so I used the hot cocoa card.
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It worked. They both were very willing to come in. 🙂
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Cold weather calls for tomato soup. I love that I can just throw in all the ingredients, uncooked…
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…and my blender will not only blend everything up…
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…but it will cook the ingredients while doing so.
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Paul told me about cooking grilled cheese in the oven. Uh, whaaaaat?! Yup. Pre-heat the oven to 450 degrees, and prep the sandwiches like you would normally. Then put them on a foil-lined pan and bake them for 6-8 minutes. Flip them and bake them for 6-8 more minutes. Voila!
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Homemade tomato-basil soup and yummy grilled cheese sandwiches for the win!
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The snow on the roof was starting to melt but then freeze again.
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Icicles!

Videos of Playing and Sledding: 🙂

Two Bonus Photos:

*These two photos are not mine: they were posted on our local news site and I thought they were really neat*

Keeping watch over a very special place to San Antonians and Texans…
…the Alamo! I am grateful that whoever took these two photos was willing to share with the rest of us San Antonians!
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#1 Comment By Barbara Diamond On February 22, 2021 @ 12:31 am

I took a picture of your “baked cheese” sandwiches; I am going to try it.
I got cold shivers just looking at the pictures.