Crazy Snow!

I don't know how much snow we got last night and this morning but it snowed everyone in. Anything that was supposed to happen last night and today was cancelled. We couldn't get out of the driveway. Asia, Zach and I shovelled all day. We were finally able to get out at around dinnertime with John carefully backing the van out of the driveway and then gunning it at the last bit to get out onto the road. He went around the block while I shovelled some more. Against all odds, the kids and I drove to Giant Eagle at McIntyre Square. The main goal was to get out of the house. Second was that Asia won a coloring contest at that Giant Eagle so I took her to get a prize. Problem is we got there and the kid's club had closed early due to the snow. Probably 15 minutes ago. Third thing was that I wanted to reward the kids for helping me to shovel. They both picked out stuffed animals at the store.


Here's some pictures of Asia shovelling the backyard. We gave up on it quite quickly to save energy for the driveway. But it was funny to watch. And you get an idea of the amount of snow. I think I'm going to be in major pain. I'm popping Ibuprofen like there's no tomorrow. Earlier on my arms felt like they were on fire. It reminded me of my college days when I helped with church summer camps and we'd go canoeing near Mansfield, OH. One time, I don't know if it was because the water was really deep and fast or not as deep, but I must have rowed alot because my arms hurt really bad the next day. I remember looking through the bathroom cabinets in the house I was staying to find some kind of pain reliever because my wrists and arms were so sore.
Also Asia wanted to try out the swing. Ha!

it's a snow day, it's a play day

I remember reading this baby mickey mouse book with Asia and Zach. It was one of those picture books where there was one sentence per page that rhymed throughout. This one had baby Minnie, baby Donald, baby Mickey and baby Pluto. They were having fun in the snow. "It's a snow day!" I thought of this book because it's snowing like crazy outside. It's quite beautiful. All the dead plants and weeds and eye sore broken sidewalks are covered in white. I can't even see our front pathway. Here's a picture of our backyard. The only one who's been out is Jersey. Hopefully the kids and I can have some fun outside making a snow fort tomorrow, though we'll see. Both kids have birthday parties to go to tomorrow. And Asia has pottery class. We like to keep our kids busy. Less time to spend in front of the TV or computer.