snow

The thing that is so irritating about snow is not the snow itself, it's the disruption to the schedule that we suffer every time a flake falls. I love a surprise day at home as much as the next girl!, I love having the kids enjoying their friends and their childhoods, I love making hot chocolate and playing games, …I do not love the extra laundry and the wet floor, I do not love having to rearrange orthodontist appointments, meetings and what not, I do not like make up days for school.  It has snowed here in MD every year since we moved here.  Some years quite a lot, others less so why the big surprise?  Why not give the department of roads in the state of Utah, Maine, or Alaska (to name a few) a call and say "hey, how do you do it??"

That said the kids are having a great day.  Gracie has been playing with Arden and Ashby. They've been running from house to house tracking a trail of wet clothes and bread crumbs everywhere they go.  They built a snowman and have been sledding.

Early this morning we got a knock on the door and there stood 3 jacket clad, glove wearing, boys looking for Ethan.  He suited up and ran out the door.  A couple hours later he popped back home for a sandwich, pear and hot chocolate and changed his clothes (leaving the wet ones in a pile on the wood, just saying) then ran out again.

Hannah has been playing the ukelele and reading.

Yesterday it was kind of funny.  We got a phone call from the school confirming the rumor that two of our holidays (presidents day and something else random in may) were going to now be school days to make up for the days lost…then a few hours later we got a call "no school tomorrow".  It struck me as funny.

Nana made this cute sweater for Ziva. At 5 pm I got in my car and drove around the neighborhood picking up my popsicle children.  Night has fallen and it's time to quiet down. Watch some tv and get ready for dinner and bed, maybe it's a good night to make some pancakes for dinner.