Another Snow Day

I think I can say with confidence that this is an ususual winter for Texas.  We are up to our 5th snow day.  It's really more like an "ice day".  But it's very cold outside and very crowded inside and I'm actually looking forward to spring! 

This is what our day looked like....

Pajamas all day!

Here are some Squeeks of the Week: 
Ali:  (getting her hair done by Mom)  "It's called a "ponytail" Mom, not a "tug-a-tail"!!" 

Mia: (in the car) "Slugbug!!"
Eva: "Sug bug!" 

Eva:  "oowwyaa Mama, Mimi, Ay-yi, mulk.  Mulk.  Mama, ungy.  Ungy, Mama.  Mimi, Ay-yi ungy.  Mine too." 
Mom:  "So you're saying that your sisters are hungry and would like some milk and so would you?"
Eva: "Yah."

If It's Not Snot, It's Ice or Vomit

January 23 - January 27

Traveled to Washington state with Mom to visit Grandmas. 

Highlights:  GiGi Mommy sassed me.  Big time.  Nana took us to a birthday party in the Activity Room.  Made lasagna for Auntie and cousins.  Drank some wine. 

January 28 - 29th

Home just in time to catch a nap, take an exam and go to work.

January 30th

Joe packs up and heads to Omaha for a few days of meetings.  The girls and I pick up "Miss. Ginger Whiskers" from my friend Ronda for a week of "cat sitting".   If the "sitting" goes well, Miss. Ginger becomes a birthday present for Mia.

January 31st

Natalie wakes up with a headache and a fever.  Stays home from school.

February 1st

During the night an ice storm strikes.  Temps drop lower than they've been in ten years.  Wake up with no electricity, no school and the kitchen faucet won't run.  Eva has a fever.  Natalie is bored.  Mia is playing vet with the kitty. Spend the whole day "hugging" Eva and taking naps.

February 2nd

Eva throws up on me three times within 30 minutes of waking.  School cancelled again due to inches of ice covering every outdoor surface.  Spend the day taking warm baths, watching movies in front of the fireplace, taking naps and "hugging" Eva.  Driving anywhere is basically impossible.  Attempt to clean myself up in the afternoon because Joe is returning home.  He arrives after 10 pm.  I put on pajamas....

February 3rd

Still frozen outside.  No school.  Natalie and Eva have high temps and no appetite.  Joe drives us all to the doctors office on roads of solid ice.  I realize as I am sitting in the exam room that I am wearing jeans that have already been thrown up on and my sweatshirt is covered in snot.  After a throat culture, Eva throws up all over exam room.  Both girls have strep.  Finish the evening with a cup of hot tea and being thrown up on.  Again. 

How's your week been going?

Girls Snuggle, Mom Smiles

Nothing puts a smile on Mommy's and Daddy's faces like coming home from date night to find two sisters snuggled up on Auntie's bed.



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Dear Mimi

I want us both to remember today.  It's not your birthday, it's not Christmas, it's just a regular day.

You had a rough night and woke up with a fever.  I made an appointment and we went to see our favorite nurse practitioner, Alicia.  While we waited for your prescription to be filled, we grocery shopped at Albertson's.  We took the blue car cart because you didn't feel good and it had two steering wheels.  You and Eva drove us around and we talked about what we wanted for dinner.  We decided on chilli and cornbread.  You begged for a lunchable, so I bought 3.  You and your sisters always look forward to something different in your school lunches.  You said you wanted a little bag of chips - we never buy chips- but today we did.  When we got home, you took your antibiotic and some tylenol and asked if you could watch Lion King and eat lunch in the playroom.  You wanted "noodle soup, chips and yogurt".  We pretended the playroom was a restaurant and I showed you to your table.  When your ramen noodles were ready, I said, "number 4, order up!".  You liked that.  You didn't eat much and after we laid Eva down, you asked if I would take a nap with you.  We snuggled in your bed while I checked into my classes.  When you woke up, you curled up on the sofa with a huge blanket and watched Olivia.  I baked you Grandma's chocolate drop cookies.  You sipped on apple cider.  Ali came home from school and joined you on the sofa.  We lit a fire in the fireplace.  Before dinner we put away the clothes in your room and you asked if you were big enough to sleep in the top bunk.  You knocked on Daddy's office door and said, "I was wondering if... see... just can I sleep on the top bunk because I am big enough, like James... and I can't play with my toys because of two beds... and can you make bunkbeds again?"  So Daddy and I put the beds up again.  We had dinner and you took a bath with Eva.  Then Eva sat on my lap, you snuggled on the right and Ali on the left and we watched Ratatouille until bedtime.  You went to right to sleep in the top bunk.  Eva joined  you in the room in her pack n' play.  I remember when it was you in the pack n' play.  And then I remembered when it was Ali in the pack n' play.  And all that's passed since then are a bunch of normal, precious days like today.  And I just wanted to write one of them down.