The high points of the past couple of days of Snowpocalypse 2010:

* Going out after the kids were in bed Friday night to build a snowman with my husband.

* Watching the kids’ amazed experssion at the sheer volume of snow.

* Finally reaching the stage where I barely had to help the kids get their snow gear on.

*The fact that the kids lasted hours playing in the snow rather than the minutes of a few years ago.

*The creative games they invented from burrowing polar animals

to king of the mountain — and there were plenty of mountains once the dig out began.

* Having invested in a nieghborhood snowblower after the snow of ‘03.

*The team effort of digging out the neighborhood. It’s much more fun shoveling in a group and goes much faster too.

* Getting reacquainted with old neighbors and getting better aquanted with new ones over chili and beer.

*The icey cold beer from the convenient snow bank out back. Nothing eases sore muscles better.

*The fact that we might have to start all over again this afternoon as another snow blast comes in.