dear shefly, We lived in Acton, MA when the last big april fools day ice storm hit, 1990 ish or thereabouts. Fortunately we had a camp stove and a fireplace, and the place I worked and the children's school were on a different power grid which got power back sooner than the 15 days it took us to get power at home. They went into work with me, had a hot chocolate and a warm bagel, walked to school, stayed an hour after school for activities, walked back to where I worked, had a warm snack (it was a coffee/sandwich shop) hung out with me til 5 or 6 pm, we went home, started a fire and slept in sleeping bags in front of the fire.

After the third day, the "adventure" just got old. Good luck and thank your lucky starts it is april and not mid february os it is at least marginally more springlike.