Snow Day!

Well, we woke up Tues morning to a bit of snow but mostly a LOT of ice. Here it is Thurs afternoon and it looks the exact same outside...a solid layer of ice covering everything. All the schools have been closed and everyone is pretty much stuck indoors. The temps have been in the teens with the wind chill much lower. The high for tomorrow will finally get up to 32 degrees but more snow is possible. Luckily, sun is in the forecast for Saturday, so hopefully the ice will start to melt.

I think we have played with every single one of our toys...we've done tons of crafts, puzzles, and games. While I was washing Madelyn's sheets, she became creative with her mattress in the living room. She propped it up on the couch to make a slide, used it as a landing pad to jump off the couch, and took many pretend naps on it.

She put Clint down for a nap here...
then she slept on the floor...
looks natural, doesn't it? we all sleep with our arms up in the air, don't we?
sleeping, but still saying "cheese"...
going for a blanket ride...
round and round...
peek-a-boo!
We did venture out to play once. We asked our neighbor, Jensen, if he wanted to come too, but we were told that since the wind chill was 2 degrees, it was too cold for him to come out. So we got super bundled up and played by ourselves!

Clint and Madelyn getting ready for some fun...

Yep, we put Madelyn in a box, Clint ran behind her pushing her for a bit, then we let her go to slide down the sidewalk on the ice!! It was hilarious, and she had tons of fun :)


Then, it was my turn...which obviously required a bigger box :) The plastic one though did not work nearly as well, not to mention I was a little heavier and harder to push. Clint could push me fine, but as soon as he let go, there was no sliding involved...I just stopped. Oh well, it was still fun!

Jensen did end up coming to play one day (I promised to keep him indoors) because his mom was sick and he had watched TV the entire day before. I think both kids were happy to at least have a playmate while stuck inside. They had a blast in M's kitchen pouring, measuring, and cooking rice (and sweeping it up)!
Just to give you an idea of how icy it is...we did leave the house for lunch one day, and this was what we saw on the main road by our house...iceskaters!!
Overall, the weather has made for some great family time!!!