This winter started out staying mild for longer than normal for us. However, when winter decided to come, it really hit hard. We are having record snow fall and record low temperatures this winter. Tonight the low is supposed to be 10 degrees Fahrenheit, and we have already reached that several other times in the last few weeks. Though the record snow has caused many hassles with parking on our street (amongst other difficulties), it has given the boys some really great times to play outside. I have so enjoyed watching from my kitchen window as they play so happily together with their shovels and buckets. The following pictures will give a brief history of our snow fall.
Our first snow was in mid-December. These pictures were taken on December 18. We had just a few centimeters of snow (about all we usually get in any given winter). So, Stephen went out with the boys to throw snowballs and build a token snowman on the ledge from the back steps.
Here, December 21, after a few more centimeters had fallen.
By December 31 we had about 4-5 inches. It was enough that Stephen could help the boys build their first real snowman!
Here, on January 5 & 6, Micah was measuring the depth of snow. And a picture of the snowman after being dusted off once.
Here the backyard once again on January 11. The snowman had already been dusted off twice before, and the snow on the step ledge had been cleaned off several times. The weather report said we have not had this much snow in our part of Germany since the winter of 1978-79. I found one report that said Magdeburg had 24 centimeters (about 10 inches) of snow.
