Electricity

We are glad January is over and we are desperate for spring to arrive! The beginning of the week started out with Mom sick and in bed, and Dad holding down the fort. Mom got well just in time for school to be cancelled on Wednesday due to snowy weather. Before the storm hit, Mom, Lily and Jack went to lunch and then to see 'Tangled' in the theatre - the kids really enjoyed the movie and Jack stayed seated the entire time, only talking a few times. We exited the movie to a winter wonderland with the snow coming down hard. We settled in to wait out the storm, kids in PJs, and in bed, and then the power went out. We woke up Thursday morning and our house was 61 degrees so we headed to Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom's and were there thru Saturday morning. G&G really came thru for us with warm beds, dinner, and some fun sledding. Grandma Gail watched the kids all day Friday so Mom and Dad could go to work and check on the house which had by then had dropped to 49 degrees. Thankfully by Saturday morning the power had returned so we finally returned home. The rest of the day the kids played in the snow and we had movie night. On Sunday, the kids made a ship out of an enormous box, we ran errands, and then all of us went swimming with Aunt Kelly. Today it was back to school and work, although we are anticipating a wintry mix tonight into tomorrow, so we will see what the status is with school.

Without going into any specific details, Jack is officially potty trained, with minimal accidents! He was earning matchbox cars for "dropping the kids off at the pool" but is now just going because that is what you do. :)

Lily is doing well at school (when she goes ;)). She was tested today and she said did really well reading an entire book. We also took a trip this weekend to Target because she wanted to participate in a project collecting cold weather items for the homeless, this has been addition to collecting cans for the homeless, two projects that she took very seriously.

Enjoy the pics!


Sledding with Grandpa Tom.


Working on her fort.


Snow angel.