Snow Day 2011

This is about as far as we made it out of the house today. It's a good thing though because everything is shut down and frozen. Well except for McDonald's which came through when I decided I'd continue my lazy streak and just forgo making dinner. Hey, those 4 wheel drives are good for something right? ;-) And so are devoted husbands who warm up the truck for 20 minutes just to forage for food 2 miles away.

Anyway, due to the blizzard, John got to work from home today. Of course we managed to give him lots of breaks and attention. Addison slept GREAT last night-until 9:00 am!! Usually, you can set a clock by her sleep schedule so I was amazed/worried. Of course once she woke up you could tell she knew today was a non-routine day. She got to eat a toaster strudel for breakfast, snow was piling outside the window, and Daddy was still here!! It's so fun to see her get excited when our routine changes up a bit.

We decided to explore the blizzard and all suited up for some fun in the snow. Surprisingly, Addison does not take after her Mom....she LOVED the snow. So much so that she promptly threw fits when we even mentioned the word "inside". I could barely breathe/walk because of all the snow still coming down and the wind blowing everywhere. She just happily sat amongst all of it and worked her little mitten nubs dumping/mixing the snow. Luckily we finally ignored the tantrums and brought her in anyway promptly to find out that her little bottom and cheeks were cold and red.

All in all, it was a great day of fun, relaxation, and productivity. We laid around most of the morning, played in the snow, cuddled for warmth, dined on mac n cheese, and spent the evening storm cleaning the house. And best of all, we got some cute pictures to document Addison's play-date in the snow. So now, when it snows again, we can just sit in our warm house and I'll show her pictures of "that one day when we went outside and played" and it will be much better than going out and playing/freezing in it again! Yeah!

She's enjoying herself I promise! This was my attempt at teaching her how to make her first snow angel.