Wednesday, January 7, 2015: Babygirl's First "Snow Day"

Babygirl had her first "snow day" off school today due to the extreme temperatures and -30 F windchill.  She was so upset this morning when I told her that she could not go to school that she started crying!  (I knew it wasn't going to go over well, because she LOVES school!)

We stayed at home, and I have been trying to catch up with the things that did not get done Monday because of Hubby's vehicle disaster.  The laundry room is starting to look better, and I have the "handwash only" dishes that were piled on the counter soaking in the sink.  I am slowly getting the house back to normal after Hubby being home for two weeks (for some reason this always makes the house worse--I think it is partly because he likes to cook, but does not "clean as he goes", and partly because I feel I deserve to take a break too--even though I know I will have more of a disaster later!)

For a little bit of fun I painted Babygirl's nails.  She loves to have her nails painted, but I only do it once or twice a month.  Unfortunately, she choose the green Ariel polish she got for Christmas and it wiped right off as soon as she washed her hands!  (Her nails do not hold polish well, and this is the second time we have had a polish designed for kids wash right off!)  I think in the future we will stick to "Mommy polish" for her nails.

I also let her pick a toy from the Christmas bin.  Since I think she receives too many toys for Christmas, I started the practice a year or two ago of putting all the toys she receives in a large bin or box.  Each week she gets a toy.  I just think it makes each gift a little more special.  Unfortunately, we usually still seem to have toys in the bin when her birthday rolls around in mid-February.

She chose some felt tea bags from the bin and had a lovely "tea party".  At some point a fish made its way into the teapot and she served me "fish tea"!  (It was delicious of course!)

I am hoping later today or tomorrow to get the Christmas decorations down.  Epiphany was yesterday, so I am a bit behind...  Hubby has already stated that due to the temperatures he is NOT eager to haul things up to the unheated attic.  I think the decorations will probably be tomorrow's project.