So, what have you done this week? Did you leave your house? Did you go to work? Did you get at least one degree of separation between you and your immediate family? If so, you're a step ahead of us!
On Monday night, the weather turned cold and icy, dumping inches of ice all over north Texas. A historically frigid cold front kept the ice on the ground all week, forcing 4 days of school closures. That left us cooped up inside for about 100 hours, trying to stay sane. Here are some highlights of our icy adventure!
Hour 15: (Tuesday, February 1. Family attitude: FESTIVE) We settled in with some popcorn and hot chocolate and celebrated our "snow day" by watching the original version of Disney's Tron. Wilson loved the movie the most, admiring the radical special effects from 1982.
Hour 32 (Wednesday, February 2nd. Family Attitude: COLD AND BORED) It was bored, I mean BOARD game time. We played some Candy Land DVD, Cranium Cadoo, and a few others. I think the kids were cheating because they kept winning. Either they were cheating or my brain was going numb.
Hour 59 (Thursday, February 3rd. Family Attitude: BORDERLINE DESPERATE) With most of our sanity already out the window, it was karaoke time!! We got all gussied up in our costumes, picked some awesomely annoying songs, and went for it! We recorded all our songs on video, and Wilson edited them together into a movie. Be on the lookout for our You Tube debut!
Hour 81 (Friday, February 4th. Family Attitude: 29 DEGREES AND FALLING) On Friday, the ice got covered up by some nice fluffy snow, which is like heaven for Wilson. He played out in the snow all day long, pausing only for food and bathroom breaks. Maisy stayed inside all day, letting us know that is was still too cold for her. Ace spent a solid 15 minutes outside, until he actually touched snow with his hands and quickly and loudly requested immediate entry into the house.
Hour 92 (Friday, February 4th. Family Attitude: SQUIRRELY) As a last-ditch effort to save our atrophied muscles, we decided to go for some Just Dance 2 on the Wii. A few good routines heated us up. Check out the little pros dancing in their PJ's (by the way, the kids were in PJ's for about 95 of the 100 hours!)
Now that we are thawing out, our 100 hours of ice don't seem too bad. It was nice being able to spend lots of great time with our kids, enjoy some warm fires, and catch up on some house projects. Let's just hope it was a one-time thing!
8 comments:
I'm glad you could enjoy a lot of the unexpected break. Stay warm!
We did the PJ thing all week too, I have a little less laundry this week (benefit 1). I also have extra gas in my car (benefit 2).
Been watching the news and wondering how ya'll were fairing! Glad to know you're all alive and well. Here's to a warmer week, right?
I always laugh when I read your posts. Sometimes I can't tell if Oasis or Brett wrote them. You are both hilarious writers.
That's what I get for commenting from my smart phone. Sorry.
WOW! That looks REALLY cold. Too cold for us California Mings. Yikes!
Oh my gosh! I was just coming home from the wonderful 75 degrees in Hawaii....I am so sorry you had a tate of our winter...it was 10 below while I was gone, poor Ted did not leave the house,either! AND HE DID NOT HAVE ANY KIDS TO PLAY GAMES AND DANCE WITH... :)
Love, Aunt Di
Are you going to start posting again?? I miss it...and you!
Aunt Channa
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