Monday January 22,2007
Snow Week!

On January 11 we had a snow day. That was the first of more to come. The forcasters said that it might snow and it actually did this time. The kids of course went crazy with excitement. They enjoyed every minute of it. It stuck around all weekend because it was really cold for a few days after it snowed. On monday was a holiday (Martin Luther King). The next morning Brooklyn said it's snowing mom. I said yeah right! Well it was snowing and continued to snow all morning and into the afternoon. We got about four inches and we had a ball playing in it. We went sledding, walked all over the neighborhood visiting friends, and of course snow ball fights. On Wednesday it was still pretty cold and nothing had melted so we had another no school day and played more in the snow! We are now on day number 3 of all the kids at home. This day we played with cousins all afternoon in and out of the snow. By now the snow was starting to melt, but there were definately some areas that were slick and had some snow. By Thursday I thought for sure there will be school, but "no"one more day of no school. By now I was kind of going crazy with everyone at home, having a wet, dirty floor, and no set schedule! Plus the fact that it was Brinley's birthday and I had to have the house spotless to be shown! By Friday I was ready to have everyone goto school. I was planning on taking Brinley and two of her friends to an indoor bouncing structure. Madelyn somehow hurt her foot and we had to take her to the doctor instead. We thought that she may have sprained or broken something in her right leg/foot. The x-rays showed nothing and there has been no swelling or bruising. So it's still a mystery what happened, and today is the first day that she has taken a few steps. She has regressed on her walking abilites. She was 90% walking and only about 10% crawling, we are now the opposite. She is making slow progress though. Needless to say it was a busy, crazy, and a very non-scheduled week!