Winter comes East...finally

View out my window Wednesday, Feb. 10th!

New York isn't used to so much snow all at once but I loved it!

There were lots of children out with their parents building snowmen and snow forts. I was especially impressed by the perfect "snow wall" created just outside my front door by a man and his two children.

Last week we had a "snow day" on February 10th in NYC. Being from the midwest, however, this was really quite funny for me since they were forecasting nothing like the winter weather we experienced over Christmas or anything like what Washington D.C. was getting at the same time.

Anyway, the day before the public schools announced they were going to be closed because it "might" snow a lot. In total I think we got around 8-10 inches and while it was messy wet snow, it wasn't that bad. You should have heard how all the New Yorkers were panicking--they just aren't used to winter weather I guess! Public radio did a report that afternoon about how New Yorkers were "surviving the blizzard" by interviewing women at shoe stores who were buying boots (many for the first time!!) because they wore high heels and were unable to walk on the slippery wet sidewalks by lunchtime. Oh my goodness--I laughed so hard!

On a positive note, the NY parks service provided sleds and hot chocolate to children at some of the city's parks! Isn't that sweet? Overall it was a fun day because my class was canceled and it was just so beautiful to finally see the city covered in a thick layer of pristine white snow. It made me feel nostalgic for home in SD & MN!