Snow?!

Snow?! Yes, snow! Last night around 10:30 I heard sleet falling and went out back to pull in a large hibiscus we have in a pot and thought to myself, "this is very odd for southeast Texas." Then this morning at 5:30 a.m. the phone rang and it was the school district alerting us to a delay in school, the kids didn't have to be there until 10. So Mark got up out of bed and looked out our window and said, "your'e not going to believe this, but we have snow." So at 7 the kids got up and were just shocked to see snow. MT said, "it's not supposed to snow in Texas." They immediately wanted to get out snow bibs, hats, gloves and boots, all things that we've had packed up in a box in the attic since we moved from New York. So Mark obliged and they sorted through things they hadn't worn in two years, obviously things were a little snug. Ella put on a hat that she used to wear when she was a baby.

They went outside to throw snow balls and make a snowman and one of our neighbors rushed up to them and said, "I've never seen snow. Please don't mess up my yard, it's so pretty." It was so fun to see the excitement on people's faces. Oddly enough we heard today that the last time we had any snow was right after Rita. But not as much as we had today and people were talking all day at work about how they'd never in their entire lives seen this much snow in town.

The last picture I posted a picture was taken from our house in New York one day when we had snow. I miss it, but Mark said tonight that he absolutely does not. It might have been a tight vote this morning.