Snow Days

We started to get heavy snow fall beginning on Tuesday of this week.

I got to snuggle Ms. Danelle's kitty while Clara had her lesson this week.

My current read, recommended and loaned from a friend. It's a slow start for me to get into it, but hopefully it'll pick up.

Tuesday evening we got the announcement that school was canceled for Wednesday. Clara had just gone to bed, so I snuck back into her room to let her know.

I was able to work remotely while they were at home for the day which was nice. I did have to remind Clara at one point, though, that I cannot physically look at everything to which she says "Mom! Look at this!" Bless her.

Clara made herself some eggs for breakfast and then when Brynn got up later, she made pancakes and tots.

Clara did a pretty good job of staying busy - she worked on some writing in her workbook from school and watched 'Encanto.' 

It was actually a pretty nice day out; calm and the snow fall was so pretty. It was so heavy, it just hung on the trees, especially with no wind to blow it off.

Clara had been outside once in the morning and then she and I physically drug Brynn out of her room to go outside. Ha. I could see them from my desk when I was working and they would come to my window for various reasons...drinks of water, etc.

They started a snowman build....

Then out came the ladder!

Here's Jack, in all his glory! They built him facing our street, so you could see him from both our street and University.

Brynn's profresh-looking hot chocolate.

Clara went out after dinner and helped Dana blow snow...and then we ended the night with snuggles.

We got another announcement Wednesday night for today. Typically I work from home on Thursdays anyhow, so I planned to be here again.

Clara made a to-do list for today:

When I got downstairs to my desk, I looked out to see Jack and only half of him was there! Not sure what happened to him, but I think his top half blew off in the wind. :-( It's kind of hard to see through the window today - it was windier and snowier compared to yesterday.

Clara made muffins and then watched 'Hercules' this morning.

This afternoon she worked on a Christmas countdown chain and some festive napkin rings for Christmas dinner.

Brynn and Brooklyn were FaceTiming...apparently while Brooklyn was shoveling their driveway. haha. She was digging herself out to come over to visit.

She made it! :-D

CNH shut down the plant this afternoon due to the weather, so I had an office mate for a couple of hours.

Clara went out to measure our accumulation.

It's hard to see, but we tried to play tic-tac-toe in the snow. It was a cats game.

Clara went back out solo while I started dinner and said she got her leg stuck for like a full five minutes. :-( Luckily she freed herself, but was pretty snow encrusted. 

Brynn and Brooklyn made it out for a bit tonight too.