Snow Day 4 hit with actual snow! We got 5-6 inches here, and it was beautiful. Adam knows much better how to drive in the ice and snow, and we went over to my Aunt Laura's house just for a change of pace. {My 4 Wheel Drive was quite useful this week!}
My mom was over there, too, so we just got to see more people! AMP loves projects. It worked out great, because Laura's front porch was completely frozen and snowed over and was quite hard to walk on. He worked super-hard to clear a walkway, which was a huge help.
Then we tried to build a snowman, but The Iowan told me that the snow wasn't wet enough to roll. I said, "Wait, you can actually roll snow??" I had no idea--I thought that was only on movies with Charlie Brown or something. :-)
I'd planned about a month ago to babysit the boys on Friday night. I didn't feel comfortable driving about 30 minutes on the highway, so Adam volunteered to drive me over and help me keep them. {Such a huge help and a treat!}
We got to the door, three little heads popped up at the window. They were bouncing up and down with huge smiles on their faces. They weren't smiling at me, which is fine, because they were so excited to see Adam!
In the three and a half hours before they went to bed, we played Candy Land, ate pizza, watched The Wiggles, and they were just bouncing off the walls, climbing all over Adam. Finally I asked them if they had a big puzzle or something. Graham brought down that huge number and letter puzzle, pictured above. They all worked together to build it, and then Adam and I hid the letters and numbers all over the downstairs. It was a HUGE HIT!! Later, I was reading with Graham and then went up to see what everyone else was doing, and Adam and Knox were playing Sorry! and then Tinker Toys. {Can you see they have the attention span of a gnat?!}
The boys went to bed a little before 9. I told them that if they got out of bed, they wouldn't have their dessert the next day. It worked, because they stayed put! Adam and I sat down and just looked at each other and reveled in the silence. It was great--three boys are quite loud. Then we played Rock Band until Jack and April got home. I sang vocals and Adam totally rocked the guitar, which is much harder than I thought it would be!
It was so nice to have Adam around helping me with the boys, and I know they loved having him there. Today, the sun is shining finally and melting all this slush.
Thank goodness!
Happy Weekending, my friends!
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