The Zydeks: Blizzard. 2011

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Blizzard. 2011

We stayed warm and snug in our home today! Didn't even get out of our pj's. Nope! We stayed in them all day even while we went outside to play. Just put on a few extra layers over our comfies and headed out :0) It was a wonderful snow day aside from not having Dave home to enjoy it with us. He's been in Minnesota since Monday night. He was supposed to go to NY last night but that obviously didn't happen due to the blizzard so he is hanging tight until he can get back home. Hoping to see him tomorrow morning. We miss him a lot!!

While the rest of the city is enjoyed their snow day, E and I kept each other entertained in the small confines of our city home. E woke up at 1am last night. I think because of the strong winds. Something flew between our house and our neighbors house. It was so loud I thought it might have hit the window and break it. Luckily it only hit the bricks so we were unharmed. After eating breakfast we skyped with E's Aunt Cal and Uncle Matt, then we made valentine cards, an obstacle course, and started to make cookies when I realized we didn't have any chocolate chips so we made sugar cookies instead. E napped and I rested for a few hours before we cut out the sugar cookies into heart shapes, baked them and sprinkled them with red sprinkles. We decided to check it out outside since the wind had died down and the sun was shining a bit. We bundled up and made our trek through the snow. E loved it! We climbed through mounds and mounds of snow while falling along the way. E made a snow angel and we took turns running as fast as we could through the snow before we would fall down laughing. Poor E didn't make it that far, maybe a couple of feet, before he'd be down laughing and saying "more, more". Each time I asked him if he wanted to go inside, E would say more....more...more. Great activity to poop him out. He surely should sleep good tonight! At the end of the day.. all I can say is Thank Goodness for SNOW DAYS!!! We really really enjoyed our stranded day together and the best part is....I have a SNOW DAY AGAIN TOMORROW!!! YAY!!!!

Here's E hanging out on Tuesday while we watched the snow start coming down from our couch. We were all warm and snugly.

When we woke up Wednesday morning this is what we saw outside our house. Hello Snow!

We made the most out of our snow day by making valentines...

watching Sesame Street & Yo Gabba Gabba (while Dex slept all day on the couch-see him in the background). We also made an obstacle course out of Dex's doggie stairs, the couch and kitchen chairs!

After E's nap we ventured out of the house to explore what the blizzard left behind.

Brrr...IT'S COLD!!!!

But it sure was A LOT of FUN!!!

Evan wanted to play outside all afternoon!

This picture was take while I was kneeling on the ground with E after we fell. This is our street (wonder when the plow will be coming around).

We took Dex out for a little walk but he didn't last long. He was shivering he was so cold.
Poor little guy I think he made it all if three houses!

Here's a picture of our alley leading up to our garage. Luckily I have another snow day tomorrow. There's no way I'd get out of our garage, the alley, or the street.