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.