The Winter Wonderland that won't go away

We haven't seen anything but white for well over a month now, and even back home in mild Oregon they have been having unusually heavy snowfall. Here, however, we do not get any days off of school like they do. We've had maybe two warmer days of slushy rain in the past month, but it wasn't enough to make much of a dent in the snow pack.
It is currently 13 degrees outside, and Jerome and Karsten discovered they could make a slide on the porch steps. It is supposed to reach a rainy 40 degrees next week; let's just hope it doesn't cause too much flooding! Some of the roof ice dams and icicles seen around town are impressive, but also potentially dangerous and damaging.
And another negative: the snow is deep enough that Lucy can jump the fence.