It started snowing on Monday morning and didn't stop until last night. Several more inches fell after I took this photo yesterday. The weatherman said we've gotten a grand total of 28 inches of snow! The schools are having their third straight snow day and I've been stuck in the house with the boys since Monday morning. I've been able to keep up with shoveling the sidewalk, but that's it. There's no way I can get out of the house to even begin tackling our driveway when I have two little kids cooped up with me. So Eli offered to take a vacation day to rescue us from our confinement. He's our hero!
What do a Mama and a one-month old and an 18-month old do with three Snow Days in a row? They play, they laugh, they cry. They watch movies, they eat snacks, they nap, and they lose their minds by the end of the day! The 18-month old has a tantrum now and then (and sometimes the Mama wishes she could express herself that way too!), and the one-month old is a complete peach that keeps the Mama's mind intact. And then the Mama begs the Papa to please, please, dig us out so we can get out of this house!!!
Here's the peach:
Here are the moose babies in the early morning hours yesterday. Caleb refused to put clothes on for a very long time. He loves being naked. When I finally forced him to get dressed, you would have thought the gorillas had all become extinct (because that would be his current version of the world coming to an end).
After watching a movie and lounging in Kai's bouncy seat for awhile, Caleb spent quite awhile playing in this big box. Boxes are wonderful toys :)
By the afternoon of the second day of being snowed in, we had played with every toy and read every book in the house. We needed something else to do. So of course we made cookies! Caleb was my baker's assistant as I put together some no-bake cookies. When I took him off the counter and away from his precious utensils, you would have thought the gorillas had become extinct again. I shoved a few cookies in my mouth to withstand the flailing and crying that ensued.
This guy was a total peach throughout the baking session and the tantrum session. He actually slept most of the day. Why are sleeping babies so lovely and sweet and wonderful and peach-ish?
We've actually had a really good week. But we are ready to get out somewhere, anywhere. Even though the temperature dropped to freezing overnight (it's currently 10 degrees and feels like -15 degrees apparently) we will venture forth. So our sanity remains intact. So Eli doesn't come home to crazy people every day. So life can be fun and exciting rather than boring and monotonous.
Hopefully, this will be the last snow day that keeps us snowbound :)
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