February 7 was a snow day !!!

Snow Snow Imagine our surprise today when we woke up and discovered that school had been canceled. When I saw this ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0405 out of the window of my study, I understood why. So, Benjamin and Nathaniel worked at cleaned the car ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0406 as Suzanne put a few more stitches in her knitting ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0407 and got ready to walk to town.

The car cleaning went on for a while ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0408 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0409 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0410 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0411 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0412 and then shifted to my car ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0413 because Suzanne's car seemed to be doing ok ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0414 while I had a lot of snow ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0415 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0416 still to clear from mine.

This was the view to the street ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0417 and this the bush on the front lawn ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0418 as the boys continued working on my car ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0419 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0420 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0421 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0422 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0423 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0424 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0425 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0426 and I found the New York Times ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0427 and the submerged garbage can ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0428 on the curb as the street was snow covered ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0429 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0430 in both directions and the trees across the street ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0431 were impressive as was the snow ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0432 on our driveway. The house had its majestic snow look ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0433 as I tried to find the bus stop ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0434 and then came back to the door ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0435 where Ben ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0436 and Nathaniel ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0437 didn't seem to care if Jane and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0438 ever appeared.

But it was time to start our journey with Nathaniel ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0439 Jane ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0440 Ben and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0441 along for the ride which made me happy to have my boots ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0442 at the ready. Nathaniel decided he had to tackle Ben a few times ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0443 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0444 and at the wedge, Jane and Suzanne crossed ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0445 as Nathaniel ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0446 and Ben ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0447 waited with me on the other side. Nassau Street was clear ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0448 as we marched on ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0449 to a side view of Nassau Hall through the bars ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0450 and up closer ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0451 and the standard photograph view ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0452 as we prepared to cross ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0453 Nassau Street ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0454 to make our way ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0455 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0456 down the street ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0457 with the clear sidewalk ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0458 and the snow covered bench ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0459 to Panera's where we looked through my shadow into the window and saw Sarah and Laura (just barely) ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0460 and went in to see Daniel ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0461 Sarah and Laura ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0462 enjoying their lunches. We walked over the icy stretch ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0463 to PJ's ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0464 where Ben and Nathaniel sat ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0465 across from Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0466 as I recorded the menu cover ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0467 and inside ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0468 and the bar scene ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0469 until Jane and Fred ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0470 arrived and sat down ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0471 so that the waitress ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0472 could take our order and they could bring the puzzle pages ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0473 for the boys to distract them from the specials ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0474 and from any worry about my Blair Witch self-portrait ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0475 as Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0476 watched. Imagine our surprise when the ultimate frisbee team came in ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0477 lead by Juji.

Suzanne's salad ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0478 Nathaniel's pizza ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0479 Fred's burger (Jane had the same thing) ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0480 Ben's grilled cheese ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0481 and my pancakes (buttermilk, of course) ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0482 made it eating time. I showed Jane how I was progressing ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0483 and she did the same ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0484 for me as did Fred ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0485 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0486 before we decided to depart.

We took a picture of Jane and Fred at the movies (where they went a few hours later) ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0487 and then went to CVS to look for pomade ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0488 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0489 as Jane ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0490 displayed her purchases ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0491 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0492 before we got the finger nail extenders. Our next stop was Sam Goody's ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0493 where the cashier would not allow us to take her picture so I took this group photo ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0494 instead.

Back at home, the boys assembled ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0495 and took a group picture ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0496 before heading to Joel's birthday party. Jane modeled her nails ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0497 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0498 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0499 as the boys cleared the car ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0500 while Nathaniel's car seat ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0501 watched and a war broke out ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0502 ../../../Sabbat/2003/02.07.03SnowDay//IMG_0503 all in the name of celebrating a beautiful day of much snow and no school.