Fake out

a little bit of snow, rapidly melting as it gets rained on

We've been faked out two weeks in a row now.

A week ago Thursday afternoon/evening we were supposed to have a big snowstorm. Schools let out early, church activities were canceled, and people stayed home.

And.... nothing happened. A few very wet snowflakes mixed with rain, but that was it.

Fast forward a week to this past Friday afternoon, when we were supposed to have another big snowstorm. We'd gotten an inch or so on Thursday, so the forecast seemed credible. Schools were canceled all together or let out early in anticipation of the impending storm.

And.... nothing happened. Ok, there was a light dusting of snow that fell during the afternoon, but that was it.

The Little Miss is so disappointed- she really wants a lot of snow to play in and it just hasn't happened. We were able to sled down our little hill a few times, but there was so little snow that after a couple passes we were pretty much sledding on grass and leaves, so we gave it up and did some sad snow angels instead. LMS's desire to build a snowman was once again thwarted by how dry the snow was, so she compromised by patting some snow together to make a snow cake.

We did get a few days of actual cold weather (in the 20s- that's cold for here), and some freezing rain on Monday delayed local schools, but yesterday it was 75 degrees! And supposedly we're supposed to get snow Friday. Crazy weather. And I'm not holding my breath on that snow....

Have you gotten any actual snow this year?