Wow. Has it really been that long since I last posted? I guess it has. Well, I’m still here and Oklahoma’s weather is still weird.

Today I woke to the sound of thunder. Expecting to see heavy rain to accompany that thunder, I was quite surprised to see, not rain, but snow. As a native Oklahoman I have experienced my share of odd weather (and then some), but thunder and snow is a new one for me.

The thunder continued to rumble occasionally while the snow fell thick and fast. It was a rather aggressive snowfall, not some much drifting gracefully to earth as it was throwing itself at the ground. After several hours of relentless falling, the snow was several inches deep and showed no sign of abating. Our plans for grocery shopping and general running-around had to be sacrificed upon the altar of practicality.

So we enjoyed a rare weekend day of not going anywhere. Of course I still had to go to work in the evening, but for most of the day we just took it easy. We did rustle up hats and coats and gloves and mittens for everyone so we could all go play in the snow.

We had a good time throwing snowballs at each other and building the world’s most pathetic snowmen. Really, calling them snowmen is giving them too much credit, they were more like mounds of packed snow with vaguely ball-shaped snow lumps on top. And then the big snowman met a sad fate as he was reclaimed by Monkey to make more snowballs.

Pumpkin made snow angels and I tried to kick the snow out from behind the car. You see, we don’t own a snow shovel, I don’t even know anyone who owns a snow shovel. This is Oklahoma and we don’t usually get these kinds of snowfalls. And the garage of the Burning Prairie is just too small to store a snow shovel that will see action about once every three to five years, if that.

The last time it snowed Monkey and Pumpkin didn’t get to play outside. The snow wasn’t as deep as it is today but it was sitting on a sheet of ice and it was much too cold to venture out. So they were thrilled to play in the snow today. Next time maybe I’ll plan ahead enough to bring a camera so everyone can see my babies playing in the snow. But this time I was having too much fun dodging snowballs and throwing some of my own to take pictures. You’ll just have to wait three to five years for the next big snow to come through.

Oh yeah, it’s supposed to get up to 54 degrees  on Sunday afternoon. Gotta love that wild, weird, and wonderful Oklahoma weather!

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