San Antonio Snow Day

Isabelle has never seen real snow before. We have travelled to snowy places in the winter with her too and as luck would have it, it never snowed. She even sat on Santa's lap once in Macy's New York and didn't see a single flake! So when she came home from preschool one day this February and told us that her teacher said it was going to snow tomorrow in SAN ANTONIO, we were worried. What were they teaching her? Yet, much to the entire city's surprise, her teacher was almost right!!!

We woke up to what the rest of the world would call a heavy frost, but in South Texas it is called a SNOW DAY! Schools were cancelled and freeways were closed. All the neighborhood kids were thrilled and flocked outside in their best winter gear to "sled" and make "snow angels." The funniest part was that all of the kids were using their swim accessories since no one seemed to own a real winter toy. Belle was pulled around on a boogie board for a while before we blew up her swim-tube and pushed her down the street.

Olivia and I came outside for a minute or two but spent most of the time watching from the windows. However, Isabelle and Ben stayed outside for a couple hours playing and frolicking in the "snow" before coming inside for hot cocoa. Much to Belle's dismay, the sun came up quickly and by lunchtime our snow day was over. Everything in town was closed but you couldn't tell that we had even had a storm. It was back to 70 degrees and life as usual before we knew it.

It was a real snow miracle for San Antonio and it was just enough fun for Belle to think she has really experienced winter now. She had her fill of the cold and is now looking forward to using her inner tube in the swimming pool instead!