Snowmageddon and a loss of a tooth



 

It has been an exciting week of snow, a pulled tooth, and no school. 

 

But, let me recap last weekend before getting to all that excitement of the week. :)

 





Saturday morning, Ryan and I painted the last coat of paint on the walls of the remodel room.  Then at 11 am, Ryan and the kids left for Grandma/Granddaddy's for the rest of the day/night.  Suddenly, the house was quite and I didn't know what to do with myself. 

 

Yeah right!  I cleaned, ate a peaceful late lunch, rocked it out to some 90 music, took an extended hot shower, and then welcomed some of my favorite girlfriends over for some much needed girl-time.  We gabbed a bunch, ate too much, laughed hysterically, and stayed up too late.  It.  Was.  A.  Relaxing.  Good.  Time.  I recommend the experience to everyone.

 

Sunday I was refreshed and happy to see my family come home.  I can enjoy a night without them, but sure do love to have them home!  We did a bit of this and that, then headed out for 2 hours of open gym basketball.  This open gym is really pretty neat.  For $3/person, the old middle school opens up from 2 pm - 6 pm on Sundays.  There is a wide variety of ages and skills playing basketball.  I have been impressed at how nice each kid is, inviting my son to play pick up games no matter his age or skill level in comparison to theirs.  They give him pointers and high fives.  I think it is an overall positive learning experience. 

 

 

From basketball, we headed to gymnastics.  The girls were introduced to a new skill:  The Valdez.  Parks and Rec gymnastics starts back up this Saturday.  We both are excited to see the balance beam and uneven bars again.  Lauren wants to try a cartwheel and split on the balance beam!   

 

 

As Wednesday inched closer, I could sense excitment growing in anticipation of the Snowmageddon headed our way.  EVERYONE was talking about it.  Teachers, the news, co-workers, the weatherman, friends, family.  EVERYONE.  So Tuesday, I got prepared for a chance of a few snow days and loss of power.  I covered our wood piles, I checked the propane tank, ran to Walmart at 7 am for milk and bread (not a sole in sight and shelves were stocked!), gassed up the van (gas went up 10 cents from the night before - 3.75/gallon).  I cooked a whole chicken in the crockpot just so we would have leftovers on Wednesday, and I filled up the tubs with water (for toilet flushing...this is a must and a life savor..I know from experience).  By 5 pm Warren County schools announced they would be closed the next day.  By 10 pm Tuesday night I saw snow falling.  I also saw Al Roker on the weather channel at a location only 10 miles from my house!  That is when I got a little worried that we were really in for it.

6 am Wed morning we had 6 inches.  Not so bad.  (And, not what was predicted I might add...we were supposed to have 12 inches by morning).  By 7 am we had 7 inches...and the day went on with beautiful white flakes pouring out of the sky making everything crispy white and clean.  Totals reached at my house were just over 1 foot.  I lost count on my yard stick after the kids went out playing.  It was a very heavy and wet snow.  We lost power from about 11 am - 2 pm.  No so bad, either.  We all got a snow day (roads were covered with trees and not passable...darn).  We all stayed warm, ate lots of good food, and too many snacks.  We played a few board games, played in the snow, hung with the neighbors, watched a few movies and crawled.  I prayed that was the Old Man Winter's last show of the season.  Bring on Spring!

 

Not to be out done by the snow, Miss Lauren lost her 1st tooth Wednesday morning!  While eating her breakfast Lauren kept saying "Ouch!  It hurts so bad to eat mommy!'.  I told her it was time.  That mean tooth was just going to keep poking her gums till she pulled it out.  Lauren got a big smile on her face, grabbed a tissue and yanked out that little white tooth!  She was so proud and even more excited for the tooth fairy to come.  And sure enough, she came and replaced that tooth with green money.  Already the new tooth is making a debut, and it won't be long for the other bottom tooth to fall out. It's pretty wiggley.

Snowmageddon has kept Nick out of school the rest of the week.  From what I've heard some parts of Front Royal got 20 inches.  Sidewalks and bus stops are covered and making it unsafe for bus routes.  Nick has spent more time in daycare than he and I both care for, and let's hope this doesn't shorten his Spring Break at the end of the month.

It's already Friday, and I'm looking forward to warmer temperatures, melted snow, and sunshine.