snow day take 2...

Iowa doesn't 'do' one snow day... two at a time is how we like to roll... whatever BLERG!  Or in this case... I bet it's going to be three. Tomorrow there is a a high of THREE degrees, it will feel like -20 all day. On Friday morning it's going to feel like -30-degrees (actual temp -12)... good times :D

So ANYHOW... here we are on snow day #2 this week...

Started with dancing :)  how adorable is this... 

A few pics... it was really cute.

Love this one :)

Love this 'scene' from the morning... see LeaAnn in the chair?

Taking the videos then led me to realize that I have not touched my video camera in too long :(  nor have I looked at the videos I've taken, or put them on CD's... so I did :)  And when I started that process... I saved these frames from Christmas day of Lydia.

I was so ecstatic to find these... b/c this is when the Rapunzel tower (that has not been played with since Christmas ;) was coming out of the box... and I did not capture the 'face' on camera.

how priceless is this???

such a Lydia face...

Before they went upstairs to put on clothes they were 'hungry-again!' ;) so I toasted waffles and look who actually SAT for a movie for the first time ever!!! It was Baby E, and it did only last 15-minutes.. but still :)

I was working diligently on my videos... and those big girls... unbelievable. They completely entertained the younger two... first with the dancing and then with 'dress-up.' I had not heard them in a while, so I headed up the stairs and they said, "we're just getting Lydia & LeaAnn ready for the ball" :)  So they appeared as 'royal princesses' complete with eye-makeup, painted nails & tatoos ;)  

I fixed lunch, and then a highlight of the day... Dad came home :D  Here is LeaAnn (2nd round of lunch on Dad's lap... a complete given) saying "LeaAnn Beyer".... SO cute.

I then took this video of the wind... trying to capture the 'blizzard-like-conditions'... Since moving to Iowa, experiencing these winters & winds, I have always reverted back to thinking of the people who had no electricity, no water... no weather-forecasters to tell them what was coming. (We had almost 50-degree weather just yesterday!!!) What in the world did they DO?!  No snow plows to plow roads... drifts with just 5-inches of snow can be impassable.  I'm just in awe of the people that lived in Iowa when there were no modern-day amenities (or any flat-terrain area in the mid-west). There are no words for how confusing and frustrating Iowa can be...

And to end the day, my sweet husband calls and says, "I'll be home at 4, if you want to take my big-truck to Aurora you can make it."  And so I did :) I drove the big, 4-wheel drive truck ( I WANT a 4-wheel drive vehicle) to Maggie's house, picked her up, and headed to the Aurora Comet Center (Aurora Comet Center). Why, one must ask, would I head out on such terrible conditions... the answer, 1. b/c it keeps you sane to get out of the house and 2. b/c I was not above begging in order to meet my goal of running 100-miles in January. (I was only 5-miles away!!!)  And I had two days to do it in... and who in the world knows what tomorrow will bring ;)  And though at mile 3 on the treadmill (I'd much rather deal with frozen lashes and run outside in 3-degree weather) I wanted to quit, Maggie said, "you're almost there..." and that I was. Even though I left the lights on in the truck (grrr!!!) and we had to have a nice local man who was plowing roads jump start the truck before we could head back home... it was worth it! :D 100-miles in January.... DONE. Take that, old man winter...

Here's fingers crossed to us having school tomorrow!!!