It's Colder in London Than It Is in Iceland

Yeah, you read that correctly.  Today it was 1° in London and 5° in Iceland!  Despite the fact that this means my over 100 year-old house has pretty much turned into a giant of a refrigerator (it has zero insulation and a pretty wimpy heating system), the cold weather has at least now been accompanied by some snow!  London gets one or two decent snows per year, which is just enough in my book.  I don't fancy living with many weeks of snow that you can measure in feet and not inches!  Because London doesn't see the kind of snow some places do, it pretty much grinds to a halt when any measurable amount shows up.  In keeping with that school closed early Friday when snow started to fall and we had snow days off from church on Sunday and school today.































































Is it a mirage, or is that really an igloo over there?





When we stumbled up this pretty impressive igloo complete with a slide on the backside the kids were in utter delight.  Madeleine squealed "This is a dream come true!"  Thank you stranger igloo builder!