A snowy day off

We are off school for Presidents' Day. We would have been off school because of the snow. It took B almost an hour to get to work - I-75 was not cleared off as it usually is. It wasn't a very pretty morning, but it's kind of lovely now: everything covered in white with the sun shining down. It's going to snow more they say. I guess it might be a snow day tomorrow.


Anna has been entertaining me this morning. She's funny. She loves to climb; the past few days, she loves to climb up to the dining room table - there's candy up there from Valentine's Day. She likes candy; I can't really blame her. Today she tore open 2 Pixie sticks and got a little sugar out of each one bf they closed up from getting soggy. I helped her finish them off - we like cherry flavored sugar. Then later I saw her working on a Laffy Taffy wrapper. I didn't think she would be able to do it, but she was thinking outside the box and chewed through the middle, rather than the end. We shared a little strawberry Laffy Taffy - we like strawberry flavored sugar, too.

My other favorite part of the morning was watching Anna do a somersault. I know she's been trying, but this morning with Shelby by her side, she did a perfect 10 somersault. She didn't know I was watching. It was like her own little moment. I let her have it for herself. I can cheer her on for future somersaults.

Today, I am thankful for:

• being in a warm house with soft blankets while it's cold and snowy outside.
• seeing Anna's somersault.
• B getting to work safely.
  
  

another first!

So we went in the snow - for just a little bit. I was taking pictures and video since it was Anna's first time, so I wasn't really a fun person to play in the snow with. I also have my winter hats in a box (still), so my ears were freezing. Anna liked discovering what the snow looked like and felt like. She especially liked dusting it off the car. She realized it is much harder to pick yourself up after falling down in the snow. She also liked the guy across the street using the leaf blower to clear his driveway.

She stayed warm and dry. I think we will go again tomorrow!

Snow Day

It's our first snow day of the year, and hopefully one of the few. I really don't want to go to school in June. Anna and I are hanging out, waiting for the snow to cover the grass so she can play. We have the snow suit and we have the boots, we just need enough snow; I mean, come on, we were called off school, the grass should be covered.

Snow day pictures to come - maybe.