SNOW DAY!

Every kid's dream and every parent's nightmare - the snow day. However, as fun as they can be, we were unfortunate enough to have one on a day that we already had no school. The educator part of me says, "GREAT! We didn't miss a day of instruction time!" The 10-year-old part of me says, "No fair!" You win some, you lose some...

But the larger lesson here is: What do you do with a 2 1/2 year old when you can't leave the house? You may laugh at me, but this is a serious question! I am the errand running queen! I visited work almost daily while on my first maternity leave because I was so bored! Sure we can go out and play in the snow, but you can only do that for so long before Mommy starts to freeze. Jack doesn't understand what frostbite is, so trying to reason him back into the house was a fight I was NOT looking forward to. 

Luckily, however, Daddy got to stay home too! Being unable to leave our neighborhood in the 12 inches of snow at 7AM this morning made it possible for him to call in. This also meant that I could go back to sleep until Baby Girl allowed me to wake up and function normally. I guess I needed that rest, huh? 

Back to the original question though. Here's a breakdown:

• Dora the Explorer
• Playing kitchen
• Building stuff in the basement when Daddy's not watching (this involves Jack going into the construction zone and moving things around)
• Go, Diego, Go
• Lunchtime! 
• Dinosaur Train
• Making Valentine's Day cards
• Playing Thomas the Train
• Arthur, no, Big Bird, no the Mickey DVD! (this exchange encourages Jack to open the DVD player - this is against the rules - and become banned from the TV/DVD area)
• Go outside and play in the snow! As planned, Jack refused to come inside until bribed with a combination of hot chocolate and a warm bath
• After his bath he got TV privileges back and passed out in front of an episode of Dora 

So how does Baby Girl fit into all of this? Well, we learned a few things today about her as well. She sleeps a lot on snow days. With my feet up for most of the time and no errands possible, we got a LOT of resting accomplished. Also, while suiting up for playing in the snow, we realized that snow pants should come in a maternity size option. I'm guessing that skiing isn't recommended for pregnant people (or at least super inexperienced ones like me) but having too-small pants could have caused an issue, luckily they stayed up! I just put on a tight sweatshirt over the top. Finally, we learned that having Daddy around is the best thing ever. Several times lately she's gotten all wound up in there only to calm down when Daddy starts talking or cuddling with us. She's already earning suck up points from the womb. I am doomed!

All in all, it was a good day despite the 17 inches and counting of snow we received. Hope everyone else was as warm and safe as we were!