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Winter storm Jonas

These kids and dogs are having the best blizzard ever

Compiled by Anne Godlasky
USA TODAY
Mel Case creates a snow angel in downtown Asheville NC.

Maybe us adults need to take a break from the shoveling and learn from the kiddos and fidos: it's all just an opportunity for sledding, snowball fights, snow angels, romping, frolicking, licking and hot chocolate. If you're safe and not trying to get anywhere, what's not to love?

I'm flying!

Stacked from bottom to top, Jack Parker, 9, Micah Wylde, 9, and Luke Wylde, 6, go sledding down their street, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, in Winston-Salem, N.C.

No, I'M flying ...

Abby Weber, 18, goes airborne after hitting a ramp made out of snow while sledding Jan. 20, 2016, in Newburgh, Ind.

A Blizzard-Jo will make you: jump jump!

A man takes advantage of an unplowed street to play with his dog in the snow on Jan. 23, 2016 in Washington, D.C.

YAAASS

Vanderburgh County Sheriff K-9, Bosko, tries to catch a snowball thrown by Levi Thomas, 10, as he plays in the snow before his work shift with his partner, sheriff's deputy Bryan Bishop, in Evansville, Ind., on Jan. 22, 2016. Bishop says Bosko is almost worse than his kids -- he immediately wants to go out and play in the snow instead of working.

Dad will never know what hit him ...

Brandon Shonyo Jr., 5, lifts a giant snowball to throw at his dad Jan. 23, 2016, in Hanover, Pa.

Wipeout!

Stella Knipp and Kylee Lowery, both age 10, go sledding in Newburgh, Ind., Jan. 20, 2016.

I'm open! I'm open!

Haley Griffin plays snowball catch with a friend's dog Tallulah, as her dog Piglet, top center, looks on in Washington, D.C.'s Parkview neighborhood on Jan. 23, 2016.

I was made for this!

Luna the dog doesn't seem to mind the snow one bit, walking with owner Nelson Lopez of Elmsford, N.Y., to a gas station to get gas for his snow blower on Jan. 23, 2016.

I'm king of the world!

A group of kids from Wisconsin play in the snow on Jan. 23, 2016, in Washington.

Stay safe and have fun out there.

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