OK, time for a little refresher.  Go reread this post, taking special note of the pics of my kids in the sprinkler a mere 10 days ago.

And then check out these photos from yesterday...

...and today.

Told ya.

We're on "spring break" this week (although we are trying to finish up our history notebooks).  Coulda fooled me-- I thought it was winter break all over again.  Fortunately Monday & Tuesday were nice, and the kids spent much of Tuesday afternoon outside.

And those swimsuits got some use again anyway.  Last night I took the kids and a friend out to the Aquatic Center in a neighboring city.  Can you believe all this --and more-- for only $11/family?  (And that's for NON-residents!)

The place was packed to the gills, as I should have expected.  When we went during Christmas break, it wasn't the least bit crowded.  But of course, the weather was much nicer & much warmer during Christmas break!  We had the April weather then and are getting the January weather now.

On our way home, we battled blowing snow and very poor visibility-- in short, a minor blizzard.  The closer we got to home, the worse it was.  And it continued throughout the night and all this morning.  By early afternoon, there was about 4" of snow on my deck.

April snow is not highly unusual.  (There have even been a few years when we've had flurries in May.)  It's just that this is the first time I've been able to blog about it.

So after all this years, I've finally figured it out.  What "spring break" really means is... a break from spring.  There's a reason I don't put winter clothes away until May.

Edited to add:  On a rather pathetic note-- I have just added a new category for all my posts about *yawn* the weather.  I think that officially, any blog with a category for weather must undoubtedly have reached a new apex of utter boringness.