On First Snow Day Since 1979, Here's the Bucket List

My kids are over-the-moon excited about this snow day — their first ever.

And remarkably, it’s only the 5th snow day ever in Oak Park. One of my son’s teachers mentioned getting the day off in the ’80s.

But the Chicago Tribune reported that since 1873, the only other Oak Park/River Forest High School closings due to snow were:

March 25, 1930

Jan. 9, 1939

Jan. 27, 1967

Jan. 25, 1979

Impressive. That’s reason enough to celebrate and take full advantage of the day off.

So, weather permitting (sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but no one’s going outside if this wind keeps up), here’s their plan:

Sleep in; suit up & build a 10-foot snowman (as big as a full grown polar bear); come in to thaw out – drink a large cup of hot chocolate with jumbo marshmallows; read; play DSi games; suit up & head to the sled hill; back to warm up – more hot cocoa and jumbo marshmallows; and watch Percy Jackson.

Sounds absolutely exhausting. We’ll see how much we can accomplish (especially considering Sim and I are expected to work a full day).

I’d like to take a crack at the hill though. And I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to resist building a snow bear.