I love having the children home to
1. Sleep in. Today we all slept in till 7a.m. which is a new record in this house.
2. Bake cookies. That started last night, we made Russian Wedding cookies (you know the balls that are cooked and then covered in powdered sugar) love them. Then we made chocolate chip cookies and dipped a bunch of pretzels in chocolate. Today the plan is peanut butter cookies, sugar cookies, no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies and Oatmeal raisin cookies. They also want rice crispy treats and Muddy Buddies (chex cereal with the choc. peanut butter and powdered sugar)
Then we will make up at least 10 plates,pick out some families and deliver them all tomorrow night. I would say tonight, but we are under a huge blizzard right now, winds are expected to reach 35 to 50 m.p.h. by this afternoon and evening and travel is not advised. I'm hoping the power stays on because wind chills are expected to be 20 or more below zero. OUCH.
3. Everything is closed. Even the Mall.
4. We get to stay in our jammies all day.
5. No classes to teach. No plasma to donate. No places to shop at. No school to attend. No concerts to go to tonight. No work to go to. Nothing to attend to except for family togetherness and baking.
In fact last night we had a FHE. Yes on a Tuesday, but we were all together (a rarity these days with Caleb being in so many school activities) so we had a wonderful evening filled with a Christmas song, talking about traditions for our family. All the Children picked a name out of a bowl to see who they will purchase or make a gift for. Then we planned out what we will do for another family this year. There was a lot of Laughter, too much Fighting and complaining, but a lot of Love!
Best thing I learned from our family meeting last night is what each of my children like to see or do around Christmas time.
Caleb loves outdoor lights. I should have guessed this since his 3rd word he ever said was "IGHTS" meaning Lights. 1st word Ma, 2nd word NO.
Daniel loves everything to do with snow, building forts and snowboarding.
Jared said he likes having Real Pizza on Christmas Eve, where we order it and they bring it to us.
One year we tried to make it and the yeast was bad and the entire crust stunk and the pizza was a bomb. So we will go back to our tradition of ordering it from the Pizza Man (as Jared puts it) and then tipping the driver extra since it's Christmas!
Brenden like baking cookies with me and eating lots of different types of cookies.
Alyssa loves Snow stuff, like building the Snowman and sledding.
Scott said, "I love anything with SNOW!"
So much fun when there is lots of snow. Enough you can't go drive in it, but you can play in it. Here are a few pictures of our snow:
Jason doesn't look too impressed about going out to shovel it. I didn't realize he didn't have boots anymore, they have completely worn out and were thrown out a few years back.
So he's out in this in tennis shoes. Not fun. Predictions of snow for our area were 10 inches, looks like we only had 6-8, but that's just fine.
4 comments:
How fun! That sounds like a GREAT way to spend a day! -Jen
Oh, your day sounds so fun! Those are the kind of winter days I like - you don't have to go anywhere, you relax, you drink a warm drink, read a good book, play games, eat good food and just enjoy the beauty outside.
The other night when I was outside shoveling, I would start to gripe as my back would scream with pain - and then I'd stop and look up at the winter wonderland and would say to myself, "If you weren't shoveling, you'd be inside where you wouldn't be able to see this gorgeous night." And then I'd throw one more shovel-full of snow. It was so gorgeous that night and so beautiful this morning with fingers of fog drifting across the valley that it almost hurt. I don't like to drive in snow but I like to look at it.
I miss having more kids at home because their excitement is infectious when Christmas rolls around.
Enjoy your day and your kids. I know it's a rare one for you.
Wow! Look at all that snow! Crazy. Sounds like you guys had a really fun day.
That is a lot of snow! Where are all the boys to help Jason shovel? It sounds like the perfect day for you guys...I love the idea of you all just hanging out and making cookies. What a good mom, and what a great memory for you kids.
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