Blizzard Monday

We made it to church yesterday.  The roads weren't too bad in our neighborhood so I was surprised at how bad they were in some of the other towns around us.  School was cancelled today for most of the area.  After lunch I decided to drive around and take some photos.  It was so beautiful!  There were very few cars on the road, so when I needed to take a picture, I just stopped in the middle of the road.

After my little photo drive, I came home to see the kids sledding again. 

Zoey was standing on the plowed sidewalk in front of our house.

Molly sits in the hole she is digging that eventually became a tunnel over to the fort that Chloe was building.

This fort!  Jillian came out the second day and helped dig.

Kate's boot fell off and Jordan came to the rescue to put it back on.

 Zoey gives me the thumbs up to let me know that all is well.

 

SaraGrace learns to ride her sled standing up

To answer some questions:

We never lost power.

We do cancel home school when we have a snow day.  Call me immature, but I am no better at staying focused when there is a big blizzard than any of my kids.  I LOVE blizzards (as long as we keep our power!) and I want a snow day as bad as they do.  We did make an exception to that today because it was raining--yuck--so not very snow day-ish.

Some people have generators but most do not.  Yes, the power seems to go out somewhere in New England every time we have a bad storm. 

Snowstorms and diapers

I had to take a break from blogging yesterday after waking up with some kind of inner ear 'thing' that caused me to be dizzy and nauseous. School was cancelled due to a snowstorm, so all the kids were home for the day. That was actually a good thing because all I could do was sit on the couch like a blob and try not to move my head.

Well...that is until Jake pooped his back AGAIN and Zoey christened her new underpants by dropping a small load in them. (Lynsay--I threw them away!) I was trying to deal with the mess without looking down, as that brought on waves of dizziness and nausea. It was special. After cleaning both of them up, I headed back to the couch to wait for their next onslaught. Zoey was fine the rest of the day, but Jake produced another fine mess a few hours later. This time, it wasn't his back...it was on the outside of the seat of his pants! Now I just cannot figure out how so much of the ick ends up outside of his diaper. I mean, what does he do, open it up and let 'er fly? How is it scientifically possible for so much of it to end up on his shirt and pants? Sigh...

The good part of the day was how my girls pitched in and took care of the little kids. Jillian even took them upstairs and played school with them. They all had art class and made Mommy 'get well soon' cards. How sweet is that? :) Chloe made sure I had a blanket all tucked in around me and they all kept asking me if I felt any better. Awwww.... Taylor shoveled us out and Ryan took all the kids to Awana at church last night. I have the best kids!

I guess I WILL forgive number one son for coming home with a tatoo last week....grrr...