Snow Day make-up Day

Well, Sam was still very upset about going to school Saturday morning. She fought every step of the way, even refusing to get out of the car when we got to the parking lot. Just she and I had come, and we'd parked so we could both go in to enjoy the nice little "moms and muffins" gathering before school that had been re-scheduled from tuesday (snow day) to Saturday. Even that wasn't motivating for her. (it was for moms and kids)

But afterwards, at noon, we picked her up and we all went to Carrabas, the Italian restaurant for lunch. It really was quite nice, nicer than Olive Garden. They had great service. Of course it was lunch time, but we didn't feel like they were trying to rush us out the door like some places. Great bread with seasoned olive oil, and they even gave each of the kids a lump of pizza dough to play with while we waited. Sam and Colby were fascinated by watching the chefs cook in the open area, and they had a bar up there where you could watch them flip pizza dough and fire up the flaming grills, and it was fairly empty, so I took them up there and we sat there and watched awhile. Colby would call out "fire!!!" every time the flames from the grill went shooting up. I had a very good dish of seafood linguine, the leftovers of which I will still be eating for lunch today!

This morning was another nightmare, as Sam did not want to go to school, and we were fifteen minutes late. too much drama for a monday morning. need some more coffee.

more later,

love, jenner

Snow Day

We got snow!!! Woke up Tuesday morning to a white winter wonderland, with lots of flakes still falling down! Daddy and Sam were bundled up and playing outside before 7 am, while it was still dark. Colby got out later and tried out the sled. There were many more ventures out in the snow all day long, as schools were closed and people were advised to stay off the roads until they were plowed; thus, Byron stayed home from work, too. Cold temperatures and chilly winds kept us running inside for hot cocoa often. We got about 4 or 5 inches in all.

Today it's beautiful and sunny, though still cold. Sam's still off from school, though we might spend more time inside today, just enjoying the sights from inside the warm house. (or so I'm hoping, as I'm not as crazy about standing out there in the snow in sub-freezing temperatures as they are, or as I used to be when I was a kid growing up in frigid Wisconsin!)

Beautiful icicles hanging from the roofs today, hope to take more photos later.

mommy jenner