Snow Day!

And the Blizzard of 2012 is upon us. We went 290 days here without snow and then BAM, blizzard. Fine by me! I'm using the entire day to get ready for WI so tonight I won't be sweating bullets trying to get an entire family ready for an 8-day trip in 3 hours - I'll just be putting final touches on everything and maybe *gasp* sitting down?! Unheard of the night before a trip to WI! Yippee! Last load of laundry in the washer, girls 90% packed, I'm 83% packed, and Adam can do his own. :) Most gifts are already in WI, the roads should be good by tomorrow late afternoon (as far as I can figure), and I think we're ready to go for Hadley's birthday party Saturday evening.

Adam thought I was nuts when I went to bed with my phone last night, but at 4:30am when I got a phone call saying that Muscatine was closed, it was pure bliss when I told him to turn off my alarm before I rolled over and went back to sleep. Morgan was up by 6:30am, Hadley around 7, and we took our time having breakfast and getting dressed. I sent the girls to Mary's around 8:30 so I could get things done/pack and then go sign refinancing paperwork at the bank without really hauling them out in this weather.

It finally turned from rain to snow around 9:45 and within an hour and a half, we had 3" of snow. It's still snowing and the screens are so full of snow, you can't see out the windows. I don't think this is going to be the biggest snowfall ever, but the blowing is bad and it's hard to see anywhere. Either way, I'm thankful for the snow day and am having good time alternating between getting things done and playing with the girls (who I picked up at noon).

Speaking of playing, last night I let the dogs out the basement door and saw the plastic sports ladder/slide toy that Morgan LOVED her second winter that we kept in the house. We'd forgotten to bring it in when it was dry, so we laid down blankets and brought it in. After I picked up the girls, we went downstairs, Morgan found it immediately (hard to miss, it's sort of huge) and after cleaning it up, it had a new obsessor - Hadley. Oh my goodness, the look of glee on her face after climbing the steps alone (supervised) and then going down the slide was priceless. I'm exhausted from keeping her from falling off/down and she' exhausted from going all over. Want to see her instantly become behavioral and instantly tantrum? Tell her she has to use the steps instead of going up the slide when she doesn't want to.

I'm not so sure how much (if any) I'll be able to blog while I'm in WI but if I don't get to it, Merry Christmas. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Blessings from our home to yours, and have a happy holiday.