It did WHAT?!

 I woke up Wednesday morning and got ready to run.  It was suppose to be clear and 34 degrees.  It was not either of those.  It was a snow-flurrying 31 degrees.  This was delightful to the children!  Never have they bounded out of bed so quickly and gotten ready for school.  Yes, alas, when one walks a block to school, it does not give you snow days. I found that a little surprising since I have heard it rarely snows here.  Actually, everyone I talked to said this was the most snow they had ever seen in Iwakuni.  (I think they believed the weatherman who said it would be gone by noon.  Ha!)

7am, and I thought the snow was done.  

Playing in the yard before school. They are lobbing snowballs. The snow was coming down again by the time they left for school.

Rylee's Yochien bus wouldn't come in the snow, so I got to drive her.

The road her Yochien is on.  Slushy, but not too  bad.  And the snow was still coming down!

It was so pretty!

I was delighted when Marian's teacher sent me photos of her and the class playing in the snow.  Have I mentioned how much I adore her teacher?!

Look how happy Marian is!  These are her 2 friends here and the snowman they built at school.  And yes, the snow started back up again.  

Ug, I cannot rotate this photo but I thought she was so cute.
I was so pleased that Marian's teacher let her class play in the snow, and the school allowed the kids to have outdoor recess so they could all play in it.  I love this school!

Somehow it was perfect packing snow.  Joshua started rolling a ball 2 blocks away and by the time he rolled it into our yard, this was what his snowball turned into!

The snow was perfect for snowmen and Callie stole Joshua's snowball and made a snowman in the yard.

So sad the snow is melting, but having fun!

  Callie did an awesome job on her snowman.

Callie used olives for the eyes and cranberries for the mouth and the traditional carrot for the nose.  You can see that most of the snow has already melted away.  So sad.  But such a super-fun day for us!