Winter Wonderland

So we have been down and out lately around here. We got hit hard with a GI virus, the lovely domino effect. First, little Michael got it, then it trickled to each of us, bleh. Talk about awful! It is super sad watching your little ones go through illnesses. It was also probably one of the hardest weeks I've had as a parent, I was sick, and trying to take care of everyone. Poor Ben probably got it the worst, and the day he took off work to stay home and help me with the kids was the day he woke up with it. I had my mom on stand by, ready to fly out and help. God bless her for being willing to come out and be exposed to it too just to lend a hand! Thankfully it seemed to last only about 48 hours for each of us then we were pretty much back to the daily grind again.

So, now that that's behind us, we have been trying to get out again (we were stuck in the house for 5 days!). We have had some beautiful weather here lately, and then yesterday we got a pretty big snow dump. Some places around the city got up to 20 inches. It's hard to say exactly how much we got at our house because the winds were up to 35 mph, but we guessed anywhere between 12-18 inches. Ben measured 17 inches in one place of the yard, and 7 in another so who knows for sure. It was a lot though. The roads were terrible, from what we heard. Five mile commutes were taking 2 hours, and wrecks were all over the place. Thankfully Ben worked from home, and didn't try to venture out in it. So, we bunkered down and had some fun indoors.

These two played together for a while. Michael just loves playing with Lucy! He gets so excited and smiley when she sits with him and plays and talks with him. Melts my heart!

The little guy was curious about what all that white stuff was out there :)

Bath time was a great way to pass the time, and have some fun. We brought in a bunch of toys, including cars and trucks for a little "car wash". They had a good ol' time.

While Ben was out shoveling the snow, Daisy got out in it to play for a bit. Daisy has always loved the snow. She gets out in it and just runs around, and jumps in it. She would hang out and play in it all day if we let her. She had a little trouble with all this snow in some places. It wasn't exactly easy to run through this time, but she still had some serious fun.

Today, we are back up to 50 degrees, whoo-hoo! And, its almost the weekend! ;)


Lindsey