Siblings

Most of the time, they really love each other. These short clips were part of fun that took place during the stretch of snow days previously blogged about here.

And a few more, captured just before bedtime when of course we were supposed to be winding down for the day...

And one more...

Snow Day

So, as I mentioned in my last post, we didn't get our first snow until then end of January this year. That storm fell on a weekend and brought much excitement for us all as well as a certain bit of laziness and contentment at being "snowed in."

The second storm of the year came a week or two later with very little warning and we woke up yesterday (Friday) to a forecast of 8-10" and cancelled school (which, for us means daycare/preschool is also cancelled). James had a customer coming in to the office so he left early and made the long, slow, snowy drive into work. So, it was just me. And two stir-crazy toddlers. Snowed in. You guys, it was rough. Roooough. By 10AM, we had already watched three hours of cartoons, displaced then discarded every single toy we owned and generally just torn through the entire house. There had been laughter, tears, singing, dancing, fighting. All the emotions. I was ready to lose it and there was a lot of day left ahead of us. I had the steam cleaner out twice in the same hour, first to clean applesauce off the rug in the playroom. The second time to suck up bubbles from the couch. Being snowed in with a 1 and 3 year old is no joke. I'd rather work a 14 hour workday. I give a lot of credit to stay at home parents. It's just not in my DNA.

But then, at the end of my rope, I bundled the kids up and outside we went. Ironically, the day was saved by...the snow. I think a little fresh air helped us all out in a big way. Both kids loved playing in the snow, even Sully who wasn't all that into it when we dumped him in during the last snowfall.

The afternoon was much smoother than the morning. Cece played with her cousins (yay for living next door to each other!) and Sully took a nap. I drank another cup of coffee and the stars started to align and we all began to enjoy each other again. I'm not going to lie though, I wasn't the only one who was psyched to see Daddy when he finally got home from his snowy work day that night. 

First Snow

It's hard to believe but the first real snow of winter 2015-2016 didn't happen until the end of January in Connecticut. Cece was excited when it finally came, but also confused. Her first question when we told her it was going to snow was, "does that mean it's Christmas?" Ha.

Of course, we bundled everyone up, including Sully, who saw snow last year but as a newborn, didn't really get the full experience, and headed out to play.

For some reason, Cece isn't super excited about sledding (let's hope it's just a phase, because, I mean...sledding!!) but she loves playing in the snow. Sully had mixed feelings. He lasted about 15 minutes and then I think he was ready to go back inside.

 

He did get a kick out of watching James snow blow the driveway. Sully is 100% boy.

The forecast for tomorrow includes more snow, maybe even a snow day. It's been so incredibly mild this winter so part of me is thinking I'll believe it when I see it. We'll see.