Ironic that I would finally be making this post today of all days...The temperature hovered around 95 degrees for most of the day today. Which means that reminiscing about this winter is not only "safe" but also kind of refreshing ;)
Winter, as I was warned, was very long and very cold. A Sioux Falls friend of mine once told me, "Don't let anybody scare you about the winters here. You've lived in Rochester, NY, South Bend, IN and Chicago. Your winter resume stacks up with the best of them." She's right. And yet....The wind chill here is unreal. And winter does seem to drag on and on. Thank God we moved into our rental home near the beginning of the winter because the kids literally have a whole level here that is unfurnished and open for them to run around in and make a mess in. And we made a point to take advantage of the Science Center, and the new SD Children's Museum, and the community center open play times, and our playgroup, and Chuck E Cheese ;)
There was fun to be had this winter, too...We went sledding at Spellerberg Park. (We opted to steer away from Tuthill Park where the slope is so intense that rumor has it that broken bones are a weekly occurrence and blood-stained snow is a common sight - No thanks!). We drove through a snow storm to get to Minneapolis to visit the Engles. Pretty harrowing drive - now that is what I call winter fun ;) And we built snowmen and snow forts in our back yard. As much snow as we got, it was often so dry that we couldn't pack it at all, so being able to build with the snow was a real treat.
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