This noreaster is almost as good as the one in 2004... when we reach 2ft of snow, it'll be as good. Meanwhile...
At 6:30AM, DJ was up. I heard him starting to destroy his room, so I went in and brought him (and Tiger, of course) back to our bed. He hung out in bed between us, playing quietly with Tiger and talking to himself. He was so good. We even got another half an hour or so of sleep. When DJ realized that I was awake and watching him, he said, "Mommy! You're awake! Get up from the bed?" I told him he could and when he stood up, he could see out of our bedroom windows. "-NO! Look, Mommy! 'No!" ('no is snow. he can't the S-N syllable) And then he started describing everything he saw. He was VERY excited.
We got the kids dressed and took them to see the snow from the kitchen's bay window. Both kids were fascinated with what was going on, and Steve got some video of their reactions with his new-as-of-Thursday-early-Christmas-gift-from-me Kodak Zi8 HD video camera. Eventually, I'll figure out how to post the videos... anyway.
The kids ate a scrambled egg and the big kids ate eggs-over-easy english muffin sandwiches for breakfast. This becomes significant later because we're down to one egg...
After breakfast, Daddy went out to work on getting the snowblower to start. That is it's own saga since we haven't run the snowblower in 3 years....
Once Elektra went down for her morning nap, I took DJ out to romp in the snow and watch Daddy attempt to fix the snowblower. "Daddy! You're working! You're working in the garage!" DJ got to put on his new boots that light up (thanks Yiayia!), and out we went. The snow was up to DJ's mid-calf at the time and he seemed to enjoy walking in it. Then he bent down to grab some of the fluffy white stuff, and that's when he was reminded just how cold and wet the stuff is. He immediately tried to wipe it off his hands and when he couldn't, he asked me to go back inside the house to wash his hands. Apparently, that sealed the deal for him because he wanted no parts of being outside after that.
Unfortunately, I failed to remember to bring the camera so I don't have any pictures. Hopefully I can get some tomorrow.
Anyway, I took DJ back inside, warmed up, and that's when I heard Daddy get the snowblower started. I picked up DJ and we went into the garage to watch. "Daddy! It's working!" At first, DJ was very nervous about the snowblower and I think it's because it is VERY loud. But once he saw how it throws snow, he was grinning from ear to ear, watching with rapture.
We went back inside, and he got to watch Daddy using the snowblower from the living room's bay window. "Daddy using the 'no-blower! The 'no-blower is blowing the 'no!" It took Daddy about 20 minutes to clean the entire driveway. By then, Elektra had woken from her nap, and it was time for lunch.
We made hamburgers for lunch and the kids shared those with us, too. Nap came early for them both, thankfully. They were both really tired.
That's when I figured out that I didn't have enough eggs to make chocolate chip cookies. So I took the opportunity to go to the store to pick up eggs and a few other miscellaneous things. Yes, in this weather. Yes, it was fun!
DJ woke up after 2 1/2 hours in a happy mood. Elektra, on the other hand, I woke up 3 hours later, and she was really unhappy with me for waking her.
We had a quick dinner - DJ pointed out that I had shoveled the deck earlier in the day with an orange shovel (and he's right!), and then Elektra showed signs of wanting to go to bed.
Once Elektra was in bed, I put on my boots and coat to shovel the deck and the patio for the dogs. Again. This was the 3rd time today. There is no weather that the dogs despise more than snow, and two feet of the stuff just totally freaks them out, especially when it comes to potty. Anyway, DJ watched as I shoveled and said "Mommy! Throwing snow!" He and Daddy watched me shovel for 5 -10 minutes, and then DJ went to bed.
It was a long day, but the kids enjoyed watching the snow! I'll take DJ out again in it tomorrow.
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