Back in January, the 17th to be exact, it started snowing! The children knew there was a chance and they were so excited! They just knew that they would be getting out of school early that day. Well, it started snowing around 1:30. I never got a call from the schools saying that it was dismissing early. I was just going to pick them up at regular time. I thought about going and getting them early but Sawyer was still taking a nap. Thank goodness Aunt Melanie was still living with us. She saved the day! She told me that Jeremy had said as soon as she saw one flake she better come get him from school. You see, they have lived in Mobile their whole life, so us southerners in Birmingham have seen more snow than they have. So she went to get the girls early also.
They were so excited! It was that yucky, slushy, wet kind of snow that had no chance of sticking to the ground. They did not care. They were freezing and wet and miserable but continued to stay outside. They came in once to get something and their faces were so red. I said, "girls, don't you want to come in now?" Jeanna said, "No, this is my first time seeing snow and I'm staying out until I can't feel anything!" And I think that is exactly what they did.
