Snow

I'm home with a "sick" little girl today. So, while she watches Tinkerbell for the 80th time, I thought I'd take this opportunity to update the blog.

We had some hefty snow storms a couple weeks ago. It resulted in 4 snow days for local schools. Will was already scheduled off for conferences on the first two. KU closed both days. Day cares closed 1 day so J & I got some work done from home on the second day.
Then, early the next week we got more snow. Will's school was cancelled 2 days. Day cares and KU closed 1 day. It was a lot of time cooped up in the house and I was definitely ready to get out!

The older kids played for awhile and enjoyed hot cocoa and snow ice cream. But, Will did say he was ready to go to school instead of "another boring home day".

Snow Days & busy January

All of a sudden, winter has hit here! We didn't have any snow before Christmas, but we've had 3 good rounds of it lately. KU even closed for 2 days!!!! Unbelievable! We're all still trying to get over colds, ear infections, etc. but we enjoyed the snow days nonetheless. It was fun for all 4 of us to be home together.

These pictures are from the snow a few weeks ago. If you look really closely you can see Will using the saucer he got for Christmas to slide down the very small hill in our front yard. He loved it! Poor Elle is still battling ear infections, so I haven't let her go outside and play yet. I have no doubt she would enjoy the saucer rides!

And these aren't really snow days, just cute pictures of Eleanor :) Though in the first one she does look like she's all bundled to take on some outdoor adventure!

January was very busy for us. Along with the start of a new semester and Justin's birthday, we've had several other events. We had 4 babysitters lined up for different occasions in a 2 week span! I think the kids are glad we're done with all that! Last weekend, we got all dressed up to go to our Chamber of Commerce's annual dinner and auction. Justin is now on the board of directors, so it was important for us to go. Thanks so much to Casie & my mom for watching the kids, and especially to my mom for staying overnight! Elle has not slept all night in weeks (thanks to ear infections) and the thought of an uninterrupted night of sleep in a hotel was more than we could turn down!

And finally, here is our most recent snow storm -- a blizzard really. In our 2 snow days at home we: watched "Mickey's Magical Christmas" because Will insisted it was "the best snow movie!", baked cookies (as E shows evidence of below), did yoga (you gotta see Elle try to do it - she's awesome!), played lots of games, built a fort (inside), painted, did art projects, made snow ice cream, and so much more. We are now ready to go back to work and school :)

Finally warm enough to play!

Since temperatures were finally above 0 this weekend, Will & I took advantage and played in the backyard. He was a little nervous at first, and I think he had a hard time walking since the snow was almost to his waist in some areas, but he had a great time.

Last weekend, Will got to "help" Daddy shovel. I think mostly he was shoveling snow off the big piles onto the nice clean driveway, but oh well!


Here's Will tromping around.


And attempting a snow angel.


Botchie LOVED being out there with us!


And, perhaps the most exciting part was making snow ice cream afterwards. It really was pretty tasty!


It was still too cold for Elle, but here she is all bundled coming home from day care - so snuggly!

Here's hoping for more warmer temperatures!

Brrrr!

So I've had about enough of this weather! I don't really mind the snow, though it would be nice to have the streets cleared. But the wind and temperatures are out of control! High tomorrow is 0, Saturday is -1. Ridiculous! Poor Elle is so bundled when she goes in and out of day care it's a wonder she can breathe!

I came home from work today to find our heater off and the temp in our house at 52 degrees. COLD! I think the doggie door had been blown open for most of the day and the heater just couldn't keep up so it shut off. Poor Botchie is just going to have to hold it tomorrow. It's taken all evening to try to warm the house up.

Will is having a little bit of a rough transition being back at school after a 2 week break. Who's surprised? But with the holiday party Monday night, PJ day Tuesday and field trip to Monkey Bizness Wednesday, he's had a very busy week. Hopefully tomorrow's drop off will go ok. It's a little rough on daddy.

Oh - and not many more mentions of Jakeson. I asked Will about him and was told he was at the North Pole with Santa & Mrs. Claus. Guess we'll see if he returns.