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Of course what really got school canceled was a combination of the ice under the snow, the fact that the plows and scrapers hadn't gotten a chance to get ahead of it yet and the wind, which was just making everything worse. You can see how effective the wind has been lately, by how little snow is on the branches in the distance. But it's not stopping us from enjoying the world out there.
At first I was was less than excited that I would have 4 kids in my house all day long, but then I realized that I could just take them out of it. We took turns sledding in front of the house. This particular activity usually ends in bumps and bruises for me, but not today. Then we walked to the school to try to iceskate, but the rink wasn't anywhere close to smooth, so we hitched a ride to Cheney Lake and just walked around throwing snowballs at each other. Just look at all the footprints. Here in Alaska, it doesn't matter what excuse "they" give us to take a day off, chances are we're leaving the house and having some fun with it. I bet you could have heard children laughing and snowballs landing before you got into the city limits. Aside from half the children that reside in Anchorage being outside having fun, it seems at least half the dogs were out to. I've never seen so many people walking dogs at the same time before. And the outfits on some of those dogs could be called torture.
I think there were at least 10 adults and 30 children. Hardly any of us knew each other well, but it didn't matter. Half of us were from the same neighborhood and the rest just kept joining us from the neighborhood around the lake. By the time we were all done piling back into the cars that came, we were freezing cold, soaking wet and laughing constantly. What an awesome day.
It's a shame that The Jazz Band concert was canceled, though.
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