It was a bit of a surprise that it actually happened, but this morning we woke up to a beautiful white Valentine’s day. The kids had spent the night at the grandparents last night, but they came home early so we had time to play in the snow, build a snowman or two, and generally make a fun mess. Click the picture to the left to see some snaps of the time we had. I took some video as well, but haven’t had a chance to assemble it into anything viewable. Maybe I’ll get a chance to do that tomorrow; I will post it once I have.

The neat thing was that the conditions were just right to create that soft, perfect to make things kind of snow. You know the kind–you start a small snowball rolling and it picks up the snow completely, leaving a clean trail of grass behind you. Pretty soon it’s as big as a pumpkin. The first ball we rolled for our big snowman was easily 4 feet in diameter. No slush or anything.

Unfortunately, the temperature quickly rose to above freezing, so shortly after lunch the snow began a rapid melt. Our big snowman made it until about 1:30, then took a tumble. I expect there’ll be a little remaining in the morning, but it will probably melt off completely by mid-afternoon. It was fun while it lasted.