Here’s a simple, quick, cute project to make with your kids. We made these googly-eyed love bugs for H’s class Valentines this year, but we’ve made them in the past just for fun. H’s party was postponed a week because of a giant snowstorm the night of my birthday that, combined with midwinter break, meant school was closed all of last week. It was the fourth snowstorm we’d had in just over a week, February has been wild around here. So one day while H was home and I was working, I set her up to work on these for school.
Tag: snow day
I mean, let’s be real. It’s not screen free all day. She is four (five tomorrow!), and I have work to do. But she did get a snow day here today because of the blizzard named Stella, which is really more of a gross, slushy snow dump than a proper blizzard. But nevertheless, here we are cooped up inside. It seemed like a good day to share some screen free activities we’ve been doing lately (while the small human is tucked up in our bed watching Scaredy Squirrel).
So much snow, all of the snow. Three days with everyone snowed in at the house. I’ve made chili, I’ve made pizza, I’ve cleaned, we’ve played, we’ve napped. Jonas dropped 20-some-odd inches of snow in our neighborhood, with crazy snow drifts taller than H. It’s been cozy and also frustrating to be so off our routine. But, the snow play has been well worth it.
Last week was an absolute BEAR. I came home Monday from work and got sick, and I stayed sick through Friday night. In between bouts of thinking I was better before getting sick again, we had a blizzard. And H and I played in the snow. AND, for the umpteenth time this winter, we snow painted. Which was so incredibly good for my soul.
I’ve been so sick this week and out of commission since Monday afternoon. I felt somehow inundated and not-quite-myself at work on Monday, which was supposed to be the kickoff to Read Across America at school. We had a delayed opening because of snow and ice, and the day’s events were rescheduled…to Wednesday, when I was home sick with the stomach flu.
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Our holiday party was scheduled for Saturday, but we had to cancel it because of the snowstorm. It didn’t drop that much snow on the ground, but the roads were a mess. So, instead of our favorite annual party we did this:
We were supposed to leave at 6 this morning to fly here:
The Almond Beach Resort in Belize. But because of this:
we’re doing this instead:
So we won’t be going to Belize this week, but we’re making the most of it. Read more on Well…A Slight Change of Plans…
I am so in love with my friends and family. Really, I just have the best people around me.
Last year I didn’t have the best birthday, for a lot of reasons. Adam’s stepgrandmother passed away, and her funeral fell right between my birthday party and my actual birthday. I had a wonderful time with my friends and family for my birthday events, but there was a cloud over it. There was also a cloud because I was turning 30 and kind of struggling to get used to that idea.
I have a snow day tomorrow for my birthday! I got the call a couple of hours ago, and that is the one great trade-off for having my birthday party canceled on Saturday because of snow. But those festivities have been rescheduled for the 27th, so it’s all good.
We went into Manhattan with my brother and my friend Kat to see Avatar in IMAX 3D today (which was awesome but really long). We’ve been planning it for weeks, so of course the blizzard of the century hits today. It was snowing here at the shore this morning, but it wasn’t snowing in New York yet. When we left the movie it had started but wasn’t sticking, so it was just wet and cold. But when we got home it was a different story.