Hooray for Snow Days!!

Yesterday was an ugly day. Ice started pouring out of the sky yesterday afternoon (unforunately right when the kids and I had to leave to go pick up our neighbors from the airport). I had a terrifying experience driving our neighbor's huge suburban in the midst of an ice storm. It wouldn't have been so bad, except our two precious little ones were in the back seat (the thought of wrecking and causing them harm almost pushed me over the edge). We fishtailed several times and spun halfway around in the midst of the interstate once (thank goodness there were no cars around us). I am NOT a bad weather driver. Thank goodness I married a man who is, and in the future, I will not venture out in bad weather without him in the driver's seat. God is very good and we arrived at the airport safely. I was very glad to crawl into the back seat with the kiddos and let our neighbor navigate our way back to Liberty.

However, as a result of this same storm, today has been an AWESOME day. Over the past couple months, it seems like we've been running constantly...but today we've been forced to stay indoors, my meetings have been cancelled, and we've enjoyed some really great time together (unfortunately for Brandon, corporate America doesn't have snow days).

Everything outside is covered in a sheet of ice. Therefore, we've had to entertain ourselves indoors. I have had the BEST time watching our kids play together. They chase each other, giggle a lot, and occasionally wrestle around on the floor. I've been able to catch up on some things from work, make my grocery list, and put the finishing touches on our Christmas decorating. We didn't even get out of our pajamas until 11:00 this morning. I fixed the kids waffles for lunch with Christmas music blaring in the background. It's the best!!

These days are the greatest because they're a completely unexpected break from the normal daily routine. On top of that, you couldn't really accomplish anything even if you wanted to, because everything is shut down.

Connor did venture outside, claiming that he wanted to "see if it was really freezing outside". He donned his winter coat, hat, gloves, and Spiderman snowboots (was he in heaven or what?) before going out in the backyard. He tromped around for about 5 minutes and then came back inside reporting "Mommy, it is REALLY FREEZING out there." Kylee donned Mommy's boots for awhile this morning, but eventually, trying to navigate in shoes that are 12 sizes too big became more frustration than fun. :) She took Connor's word for it that it really was freezing outside. We all enjoyed hot chocolate with extra marshmallows together.

Hooray for snow days!!