Arctic winter

This has been, by far, the most brutal winter I've ever experienced.  It started at the very beginning of December and has been relentless.  Snow - and then extreme cold, like school-is-out-because-of-the-extreme-20+ below-zero-windchill cold. And then more snow. Followed by more cold. It would be one thing if it was just a particularly snowy winter where the kids could be outside sledding, building snowmen, etc. But most of the snow has been followed by temperature plunges that made it unsafe (and downright miserable) to be outside.  We have had FOUR days of school cancelled just due to the cold.

Here are a few pictures from one of the few days that was warm enough to play outside in the snow.