Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

....and that is what it did on Sunday the 26th. When the snow finally ended the next morning, there was more than a foot of snow on the ground. That didn't stop us from heading to Atlantic City for the 3rd Annual post-Christmas gambling trip with Erika, Richie, Jasmine, Michael, Grandma and Papa. It was quite a drive down on the Garden State, a ride that Jay said made him think of planet Hoth from Empire Strikes Back. There were cars abandoned all over the highway and I suspect some of them will be buried for quite some time.

While the adults were in A.C., Ryan and Dylan stayed with Omi and Poppy and while Dylan kept saying "yucky" about the snow, Ryan had fun playing around in the fort Jay made for him before we left.

Jay, the kids and I finally came back to the city on Tuesday night and it was a mess. The streets were hardly plowed and Jay basically had to parallel park in between snow banks. There was so much snow that we could only get the driver door opened and all had to climb out that way. By the time we got upstairs, the kids were asleep and when they woke up Wednesday morning, they discovered that Santa came to our house too and spent a few hours opening more Christmas presents and playing with their toys. Jay got a new Jets snow tube and we couldn't wait to try it out so we all headed outside to play. It is such a task getting the kids ready to go out but as soon as we got outside, it was worth it - Ryan was so happy to see a friend of his from school and both boys dove right in to the snow. Ryan spent most of the time sledding with his friend and having snowball fights.

Dylan went down the hill a few times but seemed to prefer laying face-down in the snow trying to eat as much snow as he could.

We stayed outside for a few hours and the kids had a great time - we had to drag them inside. I am sure they will be out there again tomorrow!!!