This is what it looks like outside my house right now...
And this is what it looks like inside my house right now...
We are living in a snowglobe. A noisy, messy, too-many-snow-cancelled-school-days kind of snowglobe. All shook up.
(By the way, those aren't snowflakes. They are patch marks. Brad started his fix-it-up kick and left polka dots all over the house. Then he left town. The effect of so many polka dots on the mocha family room walls is unsettling. My feng shui is definitely off.)
Yesterday, talking to Emmie via cell phone about the upcoming storm, my mom wondered how our little family would survive. She knew Brad was gone and asked Emily what we would do if we lost power or some other emergency.
Em's answer was matter-of-fact. "Well, we DO have Jake."
And it is remarkable how safe an eleven year old boy can make me feel. Jake built, lit and tended this fire all afternoon. He is quite manly is his woodpile duties and very strict if Sam and Luke get too close to the flame.
Emily and her best friend spent the afternoon building an obstacle course in the basement. It involved every single toy we own and a lot of yelling "not to come down yet!"
For some reason, clean-up isn't nearly as exciting.
Before leaving town, Brad made a SnowDad on the back patio so I wouldn't miss him so much. I enjoy looking at SnowDad through the kitchen window.
But, I think, if we lose power tonight, I just might go knock him over.
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Sunny and 54 here...wish you could share the wealth!
I hope you don't loose power either! I can't believe how much snow the East Coast is getting blasted with!
Love the SnowDad!
I sent you a few e-mails to an AOL account I have for you! Did you get them?? If not, let me know! I have realtor info for you!
PS- Looks cold.
PSS- Is not cold here.
This may be your last season for snow-dads, and snow-bunnies. You'll be into water-babies and dust-bunnies. What an overwhelming, exciting new project to take over your life! I'm glad you have a boy-scout at the ready to handle emergencies. And a nursery teacher to take over the little guys. You can sit and read romances by candlelight for the next few days. Let the messes fall where they may and hide in your bedroom. Good luck!
I think if we were living in the east, I'd be ready to kill someone with all that snow. No wonder you're moving. I don't blame you a bit.
That is an impressive fire and an impressive snowman. We woke up to more snow and no school too (and I was up late last night making my walls polka dotted as well.)
I would definitely kick the snowman over. :) That seriously cracked me up.
My kids would go CRAZY not being able to go outside. Which would make me crazy, and then we all rake on eachother's nerves. I don't know how your are doing it!
HAHA! That was cute. I am sure Arizona is looking better and better. This has been the LAMEST winter ever.
Hope you didn't have to show that snowman a thing or two because of lost power.
That is so awesome that Jake is such an incredible and responsible fire builder. I'd feel safer with him around, too.
Why is it that every toy in the house needs to get dragged out for obstacle courses or in our case, "forts"? My boys build barricaides that look like the one on stage in Les Mis...and require every toy within a 3 mile radius to be added to reinforce it.
Thanks for the e-mail response, Gabi. I appreciate it!
Just FYI and something to look forward to...the high today is supposed to be 73.
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