i thought i'd get started on my post for this week, since i have so much free time! don't get me wrong, there is still plenty to do around the house, and my master's class hasn't stopped and there are two adorable kids that need to be entertained. but in between all that i've had a few minutes to myself. ooops, minute is over, cassidy just climbed on my lap. yes, she is still awake at 9:30pm. didn't you hear? there's no school tomorrow.
and sorry, i can't keep it to one picture each day. we've been home this whole time, the camera is close by...lots of pictures!
monday 1/10 - snow and lots of it! six inches! we headed out after bundling up layers and layers. i think we lasted for an hour and half. we met several of the neighborhood kids outside. snowmen and snowball fights didn't work because the snow was too powdery, but good ole fashion jumping and snow angels were just as fun! the neighbors had some makeshift sleds and we used boogie boards too. anything to enjoy the snow.
tuesday 1/11 - second day of snow, x played outside, but it was so much colder than monday! when he came in his cheeks and feet were bright red. cassidy went outside with a friend and then played at her house and ate snow cream. we put up a tent in our living room! kids slept there all night. oh, and a picture of 11:11 on 1/11/11.
wednesday 1/12 - cleaned the kids rooms today, and mine! yeah for clean bedrooms! after cleaning cassidy and i had a tea party. yup, a tea party! this was a first for us. so cute. but i admit, i had to fight the urge to get up and keep working. stop and enjoy it, cause she won't want to do this for long. and she was so animated! one of those moments you wish was on video.it was a busy day for us. i put out a message on facebook to our neighbors that we had a tent set up in our living room and they were welcome to come watch a movie. and they did. we had three other families come join us. moms sat and talked and held the baby, kids played and played and played. great fun!
when the movie was done the crazy boys went back outside to play football in the snow! (glad the other boys wanted to do it, cause otherwise it would have been me!)
then that night we pulled out the games....uno attack, checkers, and candy land.
they slept in the tent again.
thursday 1/13 - not as much playing in the snow today. a low key day. we were going to go for a walk down to whitehead rd. to see how icy it was, but both kids fell asleep watching a movie. the last airbender. x loves it, but i guess the exhaustion of the last few days kicked in. i finally saw the end of it, after seeing the beginning 2 or 3 times. when todd got home from work and the grocery store (yeah!) he and x watched another movie. so it was "the day of the movie"! and still tent sleeping!
friday 1/14 - last day inside. mom and rachel came to get us today. they braved the ice on whitehead road. we ran a few errands and went to the mall. met todd there when he got off work. never really did have "cabin fever" but it felt good to be out doing something. last night of the tent! we have to get back to normalcy at some point.
saturday 1/15
lego birthday party for a friend. incredibly well put together and wonderfully executed. so stinkin' clever with i-spy and car races! xander loved it and has had a renewed desire to play with his legos and cassidy loved being girly with dresses and make up. best for both of them!
and as if they didn't have enough candy and sugar at the party, we had to try out the mega huge campfire marshmallows that todd found at the store. roasting marshmallows over the flame on the gas stove, not quite the same as a campfire, but fun nonetheless. (yes, it is on fire)
sunday 1/16
something i've been working on the last 3 weeks - drink more water! i've never been a big drinker, but i'm getting a little more used to it. like my water bottle?
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