snow day?

A big storm was predicted for today. First it was rain, mixed with snow. The next day it was up to 2 inches in our area. The next it was three to six. The numbers kept increasing till we were hearing that we would get a foot of snow today on the 12th of April.

I have two theories about the weather reporting in the Greater Boston area.

1) They use a football pool method. Each meteorologist picks a random square and one will end up being right or at least close.
2) Our local grocer (DeMoula's Market Basket) pays them to forecast big snowstorms whenever it needs to bring up its profits a bit. Every storm ends up being forecast as "the next blizzard of '78." They all look like fools the day after, but none lose their jobs.

Well we prepared last night. We tried everything we could to make a snow day.

We wore our PJs inside out.
We put a spoon under our pillow.
We did the snow day dance.

And now, for the first time in the blogosphere, you too can see the snow day dance.

Lastborn went first:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=447209251173810968


Then, Firstborn had his chance:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3336139426875483111


But, alas. Not enough snow to close the schools. Lastborn cried. Firstborn has become used to the disappointment. They are both looking forward to "fog days" in Ohio.