Snow Storm Part 3 - Feb. 18 to 20

We had another snow storm before the weekend. Initially, they were calling for 8 to 12 inches of snow from Thursday (2/18) to Saturday (2/20).

Thursday came and snow was falling in the morning but it's not accumulating. The kids school was open on that day but some of the schools in the Philadelphia area were closed. In the afternoon, the snow stopped and we've checked the forecast and the snow storm was downgraded and has been changed to 3 to 6 inches but with winds of 40 to 60 mph. The forecast said that we'll basically see 1 to 3 inches on the ground after the wind blows the snow away.

Before going to bed, I still didn't see any snow accumulation. I got up sometime after midnight and I see some snow starting to accumulate but the wind is blowing it around. On Friday morning, the snow was still falling and with heavy winds. Here are some pictures around the house on Friday morning.

Not much accumulation. The previous pile of snow got melted after a couple of rainy days.

It didn't take me long to shovel my driveway and walkway. The highest snow accumulation is about 3 inches and those are near my garage door. The rest of my driveway only has about an inch or two.

Our deck has the most snow. It seems that the wind blew it there.

The kids playground looks ok.

Our patio didn't get much because the wind blew it away.

All in all, we got spared. The northern part of the East Coast got the most snow and I believe it's about a foot and a half to 2 feet. We just can't wait for spring and summer these days. I am also tired of shoveling but the kids want to play with snow.

I found this school activity made by Daniel last year. Here's a happy snowman with snow falling around him.

Give drink to the thirsty

Here's another school drawing that Daniel made. I remember that he did this for a contest at school. It's a themed week and I believe it might be something like a Catholic week but I can't remember exactly. What I remember about this drawing is that he had to make another one because I forgot to put the 1 inch border around the paper.

Give drink to the thirsty

One guy is giving a glass of water to another person. If you look at the glass, there are splashes of water. The person that is thirsty appears to be in dire need of water because he's like steaming. There's also a little house at the bottom right corner. The sun is shining and the sky is blue and a few clouds can be seen up in the sky.

What is this? - The Final Answer

Do you remember this art work? I'm going to tell you now what it really is.

The art work below is for Groundhog day and the black thing is actually the shadow of the groundhog. See the groundhog below with the art work.

Seasons Art Work

This one is also intriguing at first until Daniel explained it.

He said each area represents the seasons:
Spring - upper left
Summer - upper right
Fall - lower left
Winter - lower right

Christmas Art Work

Daniel's Christmas Tree and he also gave us a Christmas card below

Front of the card

Inside of the card

Thanksgiving Art Work

I found a couple of Turkeys that Daniel made during last year's Thanksgiving.

Halloween Art Work

This one is an art work during last year's Halloween.

I asked Daniel what's the black thing on the right side and he said it's a tree without leaves.

Fall Art Work

This is an art work about fall. Daniel said that the leaves are starting to turn a different color and some of them fell on the ground already.

What is this?

I've been going through Daniel's school art work and found several stashed on my wife's craft table. I will be posting most of them in the next few days.

I found one art work that's very interesting. I thought it was a submarine surfacing on the sea.

I was surprised when Daniel told me what this art work really is.
Can you guess it?

Fire Safety

Here's one of Daniel's school work from school. It's all about Fire Safety.

Here are the things that you should remember/do in case of a fire.

• Walk Don't Run. Call 911.
• Stay low and go.
• Don't hide, go outside.
• Check your smoke detector batteries 2x a year.
• Yell for help!

Teach your kids to always be safe.