Our First Blizzard!

I must admit I did not believe the weather man when he announced a blizzard warning for Long Island on Saturday. Even mid afternoon we were still doubting because there had only been a few brief moments of light snow. But, starting about 7:30 pm last night, the snow began falling hard with huge snowflakes. About an hour later the real blizzard began. The snow was coming down so hard and so fast and whirling around like a tornado almost. The snow blew and stacked on all of our windows on both stories to where we could not see through the bottom half of the windows. Our entire front porch is covered and we could not open the back screen door. The church has a snow plow company come in whenever there is snow and he got stuck for a while trying to plow the parking lot. He finally managed to get some of it plowed but it was too much to make much difference. We are sadly not equipped with snow gear for the girls or ourselves, but we did not want the girls to miss out playing for a little bit. I bundled them with layer after layer and we made snow pants out of trash bags for Emma's legs. She wore Sterling's huge winter mittens so she could dig in the snow. I told Sterling we need to get some snow boots and snow pants for both the girls before the next time. I am guessing this won't be the last snow of the winter season, considering the official winter season did not begin until today. They did not last long outside because without proper attire they soon became soaked through and freezing. The snow was above Emma's waist out in the church field, and about mid-thigh on me. It was very soft snow, so it was easy for me to walk through, but it was not so easy for Emma to walk through. She was so funny! She is nice and toasty by the fire right now, but ready to go back out again! Sterling had fun with the girls in the snow! What a beautiful, relaxing, and peaceful day! Another adventure and first for us on Long Island! We love it!