Snow Fun

Once again, last night at bedtime we were expecting an inch or so of snow.  We got 6 or 7.  I'm sure it's quite a blessing for a lot of folks who have had kids stuck in the house since Monday.  Parker's had a blast sledding and building her snowman.

Gigi is still stuck here.  Luckily she brought a ton of craft project with her, like Harvey here.  You see a bunny too, right?

Warming up under the electric blanket after being outside

 

Snowman on top of the mailbox

Ok, now we have a snow picture

Ice pics

My sister request that I post snow pics, so here are some.  Although actually, there isn't really much snow.  Our issue is the inch of ice that's covering most of the roadways and the parking lots.
This is the ice on the patio.  The driveway looks the same, but our neighborhood roads are mainly dry.

Parker's keeping herself amused with unlimited computer. I just saw on the news website that her school is closed again tomorrow.  If this means summer will be shorter, I'm ok with it. 

Claudette is cross stitching.  She's stuck here until the roads are a little safer.

Bob is on a conference call.  He's such a professional that he dresses up just to talk on the phone.

First pet

(ack!  I meant to post this before we went skiing.  I guess I goofed up scheduling it after the tooth-losing.  Right now we have a new square tank for him, but it sure does get cloudy fast. How often does the cloudiness usually happen?  I thought Betas were low maintenance.  Hmph. )

Another first.
Meet our new family member, Crystal (far left, in the vase).  He's a point of purchase Beta Fish that we got at the Science Store at Parker's school. Actually, Parker is still deciding on his name-  she's between Petunia, Crystal and Freddy.  She really wants a girl name, but the fancy Betas are boys, so we might just give him a girl name and try not to say it too loudly around him.
Up until now, I had been against any pets.  My motto was "nothing that sheds or poops" except sometimes I changed that last word. I had hoped to start Parker out caring for something more low stakes...like sea monkeys or sourdough starter, but he was too cute and I just couldn't resist.  
When we told Bob what kind he was (Beta), he said "shouldn't we wait for the final release?"  haha, computer geek humor.

In case you're wondering....

...here's an update on us.  Bob and I went skiing to Steamboat Springs CO earlier this week.  It was super nice, but the last 2 days were super super cold there.  Tuesday we skied in sub-zero temps, and it was 20 below yesterday when we left.
Miraculously our flight wasn't canceled with all the weather drama in the rest of the country, so we made it back, just delayed a bit.
But then, we had to make it back from the airport with the roads covered in ice.  Luckily, we rode with Bob's boss, who has a big 4wheel drive truck, and grew up in Iowa, but it was still pretty dicey.  There is literally a thick thick layer of ice on every paved surface, and we saw very little sand/salt.  I guess they're saving it all to coat the path to the Cowboy's stadium?

Ski pic.  I'm honestly not sure if this is from this year, or 2 years ago.  Ski pictures all look the same unless you get a new outfit.  We had 3 great days of skiing...there was a ton of snow and 2 of the days were sunny and beautiful, although cold. 

Parker is on day 3 of no school.  Her district shuts down fairly quickly, but even the Dallas isd is closed for the 3rd day, which has never happened before.  She doesn't seem too terribly stir crazy....her Gigi has been her entertaining her.  She was very happy to see us and the gifts we brought her.  All along she's been asking "how awesome is my present?".