With the winter of 2011-2012 being so mild, all the Bostonians were talking about how we were going to get it this year... sure enough, it has been bad!
Here is Emma's first snow from last December. She wasn't really phased by it.
January, February, and March brought with it relentless snowstorms. Here is a picture from one of the latest storms in March that surprised everyone, including the meteorologists. My friend and old PICU coworker, Nicole, came up from NYC to hang out with us while Patrick was gone on a business trip. The snow couldn't keep us inside :) Off to music class we go!
Fortunately our snowstorms are usually followed with some nice, sunny weather to melt it all away.
Most notably, our biggest storm was Nemo where 24.9" of snow fell and put us in the record book for Boston's fifth largest snowfall. The blizzard kept Patrick at home with us on Friday- Emma enjoyed the extra day with her dad. Here they are looking at the morning snow:
In the afternoon we ventured out to play in the snow. The city planned well for the storm- most of the parking garages opened up for the public free of charge and any car left on the street was towed. A driving ban was in place for almost 48 hours and by the time we made it out of our apartment most of the main roads were already plowed.
Not even the fifth worst blizzard could keep the Finns home on a Saturday night... not the wisest parenting decision! Only for an out-of-town friend that was visiting did we do this for!
Last year at this time we had already spent many weeks hanging out in the Gardens/Commons or a playground meeting new friends with the nice weather. Yesterday we finally pulled out the picnic blanket to enjoy a 70 degree day in the Gardens.
And then enjoyed the swings during a walk with our friends. We are hoping nice days make a more regular appearance in the forecast!
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