It's January 8th and we've been in school one day since December 21st. It was way back on January 2nd. I was so sad when Christmas break ended and ours had been filled with back injuries and puking. Now, I'm just like "It's time for you people to freaking go back to school!" So, here's a little of the last 8 days of being home.
I came home from the grocery store Saturday morning and Ted said, "Look, Mom, the new Harry and Marv." In case you haven't watched Home Alone recently, Harry and Marv are the "Sticky Bandits." The kids love that movie and Ted can say most every single line. Who knew bad guys wore princess dresses?
Sophie wrote this totally on her own the other day.
"I like my famule (family) dad ted mom.
I like misshay (Miss Shay - her teacher)"
It snowed kind of a lot on Thursday night. We didn't have school on Friday but it was really too cold to be outside. Saturday was 30 degrees and sunny. It was perfect to be outside. And it snowed enough that it didn't disappear the minute you played in it. We played at the park. The kids loved sliding down the icy slides in their slick snow pants. It was a most excellent snow and one we don't get much.
We knew this polar vortex was headed our way and I anticipated not having school Monday and Tuesday. Sunday night we went to Pies & Pints with Joanna and Ken. Ben hadn't been out a whole lot because of his back and was a little cranky. So it was nice to get out of the house and be with people we can have fun with.
We didn't have school Monday because I'm really not sure why. But the temps really started dropping Monday night. Coldest I've ever experienced. Notice the "RealFeel" - -23 degrees!
We invested in 4 new space heaters. When it gets below 15 degrees, our furnace can't keep up. We have an old house with old windows and it gets a bit drafty. With the new sun room and new front and back doors, that is huge help. But it was just too cold to keep up. So we cranked the space heaters and we all now to be dipped in a vat of vasoline because our skin is so dry. Sophie's hair is out of control too so she occasionally takes a trip to the humidifier to calm it down.
Sophie obviously did not get the memo that it was subzero outside. She wore this all day Monday.
She added the heels for the national championship. Girl is stylin'.
Sophie spent some time in the bathroom working out her second tooth.
Thanks to Seth Broadhurst, Sophie thinks she should now be given $5 for pulling her own tooth. I'm kind of ok with that though because I don't do teeth. Any incentive for them to pull it themselves is good for me.
Watching a movie on her new dvd player while we've watched a lot of great bowl games and play off games in January. The only great thing about not having school is that Ted gets to stay up and watch the games until he falls asleep. Not sure what the blanket falling on her is about.
We spent an evening with the Underdonks. The kids always play "Spies" at their house. This is the "spy" in my house that you can't see if they are standing still. She likes to follow me around the kitchen.
Ben and Ted made home made play-doh for a project they are doing at school. It's been in his backpack since Sunday so it might be all dried out. After that, Ben and Sophie made some for her personal use and Ted worked on his report about hyenas which we thankfully finished today.
Doing your spelling words in full uniform makes it a lot more bearable.
The Kings came over for dinner on Monday. We invited the people with the newborn over on the coldest night ever. Oops! We had a great time and Sophie always loves a good snuggle with Eliza.
Tuesday was FREEZING! And we had to get out of the house. We went to the Wow Factory to paint some BOGO free ornaments and then to Eat N Park for lunch with the Kozels. It was so very, very cold. Ted helped Millie snuggle up before we left.
Ben's back is on the mend - or at least it's feeling a lot better. He went to the chiropractor Thursday and Friday last week. They x-rayed, electroded, stretched, adjusted, iced, massaged and a host of other things. He has a ruptured disc. We go back next Tuesday for a plan of how to deal with this a little more long term. But after about Monday, he has been feeling a lot better.
Last night, Ben surprised me with an early (by 1 week) birthday dinner. Actually, I made my own dinner unknowingly. He brought home the decorations and my birthday gift. And a blizzard - the Dairy Queen kind. It's pretty unusual for him to do something like celebrate a birthday early. But it was fun.
We put on party hats and made birthday videos for Graeson and Madison.
Amazingly, school was cancelled again today. It's going to be a rude awakening tomorrow morning after 19 days of staying up late, sleeping in and wearing pj's all day.
2 comments:
Laura, Growing up there were many -20 degree nights at your home. Many!!!!! that was the 80's. Lowest was -29 degrees. The winters of the late 70's and up until mid 80's were cold. We will have to do something about using the extra heaters. Love You Dad
I love this blog post! Great pictures, great memories. Caleb hasn't stayed up for all the games with us, but we've DVR'd them for him with the promise to not tell him the final scores. Then he watches them the next day on speed forward. It's fun..we've enjoyed some of our public school friends being home during this break!
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