Wow, it's been a long week. We were hit with a huge weird ice storm this year and it has caused school to be cancelled for THREE days now. Three days really does not sound that long, but being inside with a 6, 5 & 1 year old for 72 hours straight starts to get a little nutty. I have learned many things about ourselves during inside retreat though...here are a few of my observations:
1) The house gets MUCH messier when the kids (and me) are home all day long.
2) You have much less laundry when you have "pajama day" for 3 days in a row (for the record, we did change into clean pajamas once a day).
3) Playing on an ice covered backyard is much less messy than snow. The boys are completely dry when they come inside...no wet gloves, hats, etc. That is one nice thing actually! Now the risk of injury is much higher since they are falling down about every 2 seconds, but they needed fresh air, dang it!!
4) I have learned that the boys can finally watch and enjoy real movies (not cartoons)...we watched the new Karate Kid, Home Alone 1, 2 & 3, Nanny Mcfee, etc. I have to sit with them and kind of explain as we go, but I don't mind since they are actual movies and not cartoons!!
5) Being stuck in the house is not good for a diet. We have been baking sweets and eating snacks for the last three days. :( Also, I feel like I am on a 72 hour rotation of coffee & wine...I am starting to lose sense of time, so I am craving coffee at 7pm and wine at 9am.
6) It takes about 3 days at home before even Caden, so NOT my school lover, said that he really hopes Mr Andy the bus driver can make it to our house tomorrow. He even said if he can't, he is just going walk over to school, and knock on the door. Didn't tell him, but I've had the same thought!
7) Are biggest fear was the loss of power...of course that would mean no heat, but even scarier is no wii, no way to charge the Ds, no TV, no computer....ahhhh!!!!!! Thank goodness, we never lost power...but we have "unplugged" for a few hours each day and have read many books, done puzzles, played play do, etc. It's really quite amazing how much you can get done in three days inside!
Anyway, here are a few videos of the kids having fun in the backyard...I will post some pictures soon too!
2 comments:
Stella said, "Weeeee" as the boys slid down the slides. Sounds like you have been a very productive mama! Brian got to stay home yesterday, so that helped break our week up a little bit. Miss you guys...hope to see you soon!!
LOL... totally agree with the coffee at 9:00 p.m. and wine at 7:00 a.m. I started watching the clock yetesterday and trying to decide what time I could open a bottle of wine without being considered a bad mom...
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