That leads me to the title of my blog..... I love the snow. It is beautiful and fresh and such a rarity here that it is truly a treat when it comes our way. I am also finding that while we are "stuck" surviving Arctic Blast 2008 (or whatever silly name has been thrown out there) we are having a rare opportunity to just slow down and really enjoy time as a family. It strikes me as kind of tragic that it takes 9+ inches of snow for us to really have some good family time. I love that the kids are at an age where they can be involved in all sorts of activities and that I can watch them grow and learn, but I am beginning to feel that we are really missing out on some of those quiet times. This is day 6 of being totally cooped up in our house. It has been a tough week. I have been fussy. All three kids had the stomach flu ( Julia first then Noah and Reyna at the same time, awesome), I had to go to Les Schwab to buy a new car battery for the van the DAY after our first "snowstorm" (never a good idea, half of Battleground was there getting snow tires cause they saw a snowflake). That was after standing outside with my car in the middle of the road, three screaming/frozen kids and a dead battery waiting for Michael to come save me cause Eric was convinced that we really didn't need a car battery after the 5 or so times that the car HAD died on me. Did I mention that it was only about 20 degrees outside??But I am not bitter....
During this time I have learned so much about my kids. It has been really fun to discover how funny and innovative my kids are (Not that I didn't know this already, it's just a different perspective I guess). I tell you I have not been bored. I just spent the last 20 minutes or so listening to Julia's Knock-Knock joke. Knock- knock. Who's there. You. You who? Knock Knock..... and we could probably go in circles for hours. Noah and Reyna are so cute playing all sorts of make believe games that have the appropriate amount of swords/badguys and babies/princesses to keep them both happy. I am secretly hoping that the snow sticks around awhile longer, it is totally worth the "inconveniences" of slippery winter weather to watch these precious little people uninterrupted. Here are a few picks of our snowy fun :)
All bundled up.
Julia was a little bit unhappy that she tipped over in the snow.
Throwing snowballs at daddy
This was before things got really exciting around here...
I bought Julia a new coat. It may be a bit big.
This is our dog Molly. She is a miniature Daschund and has a super funny personality. Here are some photos of her this morning after the freezing rain made the snow hard. She was inching around so carefully...
Notice that if she were to fall through there would be more snow then dog. Fortunately, the only times she fell in she was close to the edge and no rescue effort was necessary.
I am going to do my level best to be a better blogger from now on. I hope everyone has a beautiful Christmas!!!
