White

White is what I see everywhere looking outside. Remember this view from my patio door this summer?

This was the same view last weekend

We have gotten more snow and wind--now you can barely see the fence under all the snow.

Last Saturday when I opened the front door, this is what it looked like


After that we had blizzard conditions on Monday to blow the snow around and at least another additional 5-7" of snow and wind. They've had to come through the neighborhoods and clear out the snow from the corners of the intersections so you can see. They literally take dump trucks full of snow out of the neighborhood.

The sad thing is it has been way too cold for the kids to even go outside and enjoy it. We drove by the local sledding hill on Friday and it was empty; the temperature was about 7 degrees. (Okay, most kids were in school as well, so that probably had something to do with it). Maybe today or tomorrow it will be warm enough for the kiddos to actually go play. The drifts are large enough in our own yard for them to have lots of fun.

So what do you do when you are stuck inside for three straight days with two kids?

You build forts. First they had a snack and watched a movie while under the fort. Then it became a "Secret Fort" for members only.




This is what happens to Moms who try and breach security

They get the "stink eye" and a mean looking growl minus a few ferocious teeth.

The fort building actually occured on the day I paid them to help me clean. I had to take all the chairs out of the kitchen to sweep/mop anyway, so we just threw a few blankets over them. I got a clean kitchen floor, they got a cool hangout and everyone was happy. Until the next day when school was cancelled again.