snowed in

what a good big brother...Ethan took a few minutes out of his day to read some "Hop on Pop" with Molly. and why not? we're snowed in, it's not like we don't have all the time in the world.

This is what we woke up to on Tuesday morning...blech.

pretty, peaceful, please go away.

for some reason, I'm not liking the snow this year. I remember not liking it the year I was pregs with Molly also. I already feel tied down, so this just suffocates me. It's mental. definitely.

Thank the Lord for Pantothenic Acid...my little natural mood enhancer.

Anyyyyyways, I had my 2nd prenatal appt yesterday. I love that my little midwife comes to me. She's quite adorable. Very loving and affectionate. Heard little 6's heart beat, even recorded it on my phone so David and Mel could hear it (since they were NOT home. whaaa?) I really love to listen to it over and over. it's so real. such a good, strong beat.

Molly just came up to me, in her mismatched pj's, asking for ice cream. for breakfast. it's a good thing I love her little freckle-face. I don't love how she bugs for more ice cream or vitamins. (she got her new vites yesterday, they're gummies from Nature's Sunshine, and she told me "I feel so much better now, Mom!!" Like I was holding out on her or something. sheesh)

it's going to be a long day.

at least the sun is shining. I will praise the Lord for that. and we are all reasonably healthy. and David will be home all day.

nose to the grindstone. hope your Thursday is magical.

(I started this post on Wed so that is why the date will be 1/12/11)

this stuff...

this is what it's doing here today.

this pic is from last year...there's even more snow out there than this. I'm not sure I'm ready for this.

Anyways, David, Becky, her kids, four of our kids and I are going to the Ringling Bros. circus this morning...Levi would rather go sledding from what I can hear...he is so stoked about this white stuff.

Hope to be back later on with some great circus pictures, scratch n sniff style.

We're still here...

to give you an idea of the walk from the house, to the cul-de-sac....upper right hand side of pic, past the guard rail 20 steps...ugh. with a squirmy Molly in your arms or whining Levi on your back

To say that we got some snow is, er, um, an understatement.

12.4 inches at the Indpls. airport. and it's safe to assume that we got that amount, if not more. It's supposed to start melting tomorrow and Sunday (30's) and then we get more on Monday. great. :) choose joy.

This is what we've been doing this week...trudging here and there in all this white stuff. It's not fun when you have little ones...plus, we park up in the cul-de-sac once we get a car or two out...and if you've been to our house, you know the walk from the house to the actual street is not 10-20 steps...

I hope to be back on here later with some pix of my lovely kids. sledding or schooling or doing what they do best. Hope that this finds you and yours doing quite well.


Happy Friday to you!