Huge Snow Storn

I wanted to add several adjectives to that post title but if you were anywhere near here, you don't need adjectives to know what happened. Approximately three weeks ago we had the most devastating snow & ice storm Washington has ever had. The storm knocked out power to over 100,000 homes, some for almost a week. It crippled the transit systems, blocked people into their homes and threw trees across yards all over the region. No muy bueno.

At work, we threw away thousands of dollars of food. The worst part was that there was no way to salvage it: Normally if we lose power and the food is in danger of going out of temp, we can reduce the price quickly to sell it. However, if every single person in the city has no power, they aren't exactly going to come running to fill a freezer that's probably not going to keep their own food frozen. It was frustrating. Especially since we had limited supply of Duraflame laws, flashlights and D batteries. It's amazing that we probably sold more batteries in that week than we had in the previous six months.

Just so you know, it wasn't ALL bad. It was V's first snow as a "Cognitive Human." We weren't exactly sure what she would think about it because the first time she saw snow, she just played in the yellow snow sat there. Thankfully, she loved it and hear are the pictures to prove it:

Heavy snow people. What's that... Not heavy you say?

Look at this action Chump.

So we got bundled up and proceeded to get our "cute" on!

It's time to teach V how to create the perfect Snow Ball.

Now let's slide down the 4% incline in our front yard!

OK, it's cold and Daddy won't let you sled. Let's go back inside.