The No Snow Snow Day and Other Chaos

Some weeks are more hectic than others, but this one was a crazy one! All I can say is, thank goodness Cory was home! The first thing that happened was on Monday when Holly called us up to say that she was going to the hospital because she thought she might be in labor. Cory and Adilyn went to get Callie while Kacy and I stayed here. It was actually pretty awesome to have some evening time alone with Kacy. I never realize how little time that I spend with my little one! Anyway, Callie got here and we played for a bit, then gave her a bath. It was hilarious becaues I could tell that she knew that things were not normal, but she totally went with it. She was a trooper! The morning was funny, too. She just fell right in with our routine, just one more girl to get dressed and one more ponytail to put in. :) Here is a picture of them before they all loaded up to go to school. Holly ended up getting sent home from the hospital, but she had her sweet little baby boy, Connor on Wedesday.

That day a wicked cold front moved in. The temperature went from 60's on Monday to the 20's on Tuesday night. We knew it was coming in, and we thought we were prepared for it. Unfortunately, we woke up on Wednesday morning with no water. Our pipes had frozen! It was interesting trying to get ready with no water. I got some water from water bottles, heated it up in the stove, and washed my hair in the sink. Cory got up to try to fix things, and as my hair was dripping wet - the power goes out! Yeah, this just got way easier...

Anyway, things went okay, I went to work. Cory let the girls sleep in, and when he went to take them to school, he arrived only to find out that the power was out there, too. He decided to keep them with him for the day. There were "rolling blackouts" all day long around Texas, but they finally stopped in the evening. The next day was Thursday, and that was when the weather was supposed to get bad. All the schools decided to close because it was supposed to snow during the night. Holly had delivered little Connor, so we decided to go visit her in the hospital that night. Adilyn and Kacy were very intrigued by all the little babies, and by how tiny Connor was.

We went to sleep that night in hopes of waking up to snow. Unfortunately, we woke up and looked outside to clear roads! Bummer! I turned the tv on and realized that it didn't snow, it just iced over all the bridges. No fun snow to play in! We stayed inside all day - playing dress up, making Valentines, pretending to be princesses, etc, etc...It was a fun day, but a long day!
Saturday was nicer weather, so we got out a little bit - this is a picture of Adilyn wearing a helmet and a hat in the car. She wanted to wear it to be "safe". I didn't know I was that scary of a driver!

We had been looking for a prince for our dollhouse, and we finally found one at Walmart when we went shopping Saturday! Adilyn was worried about what he would wear. He only came to uswith a bathing suit. It took her a long time to decide - should it be the blue dress (because blue is a boy color) or the pink pants (because boys wear pants). You can tell by the picture, she decided the pants were better.

Finally, Sunday was a restful day - a long park trip with the Griffins, and then home to watch the Super Bowl. The girls were all ready to watch some football on the couch! That lasted about as long as it took to get the picture, then they were back to running around and being silly. Their favorite part was dancing during the half-time show. I must admit, it was my favorite part, too! :)