Snow Days

We've had some bad weather around here lately, so we've been at home for the past two days. Our road was actually shut down today. I don't know how tomorrow is going to be, but I honestly do feel bad about not going to work. Here is a picture of Sydney on Tuesday morning, helping me make breakfast. We had eggs, bacon, biscuits, hashbrowns, and homemade gravy. It's Sydney and Chris's favorite breakfast (well, except the hashbrowns, that was basically for me).

She loves to crack eggs.

This is a small casualty of the ice we've had around here.

Off my front porch. Look at the pretty icicles.

Cori, enjoying herself in the snow. We lost power this morning around 6 am and it was out until about 1 or 2 in the afternoon. Sydney literally wept this morning when I told her we couldn't watch t.v. I think that's some sort of sign. Like, my kid watches too much t.v. So, we colored, we played doctor, and Sydney played fetch with Cori. Then, we snuggled under the covers and took a nap. And when we woke up, power had been restored. Yah!

This is how Sydney dressed herself this afternoon after we were able to come out of the multiple layers of clothing we had on to keep warm. The toboggan is a nice touch I think.

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So, Sunday we went to see "Wicked". And this is a pic of us at mom's before we left. I really enjoyed the story, I could've done without all the singing, but I understand it's a musical and therefore it's somewhat required.

So, again, this crap is out of order, but here are some after pictures of our guest/my office. I painted this past weekend and just got it all put back together. I love it!

Curtains! I'm so excited!

This is before. Blah

More blah. The after is a definite improvement.

This is what Sydney decided to wear to my mom's house on Sunday. A fuzzy purple scarf, a Disney princess shirt, a metallic silver dress up skirt, pink tights and rain boots. What a fashionista!

This is Sydney after our fun night out Friday. I took her to Earth and Fire to paint some magnets as a reward for earning 10 more stars on her bedtime chart. Apparently, it was exhausting. She wants her next reward to be to paint a shirt (well, she really wants a dress, but I told her we might have a hard time finding a simple cotton dress this time of year). She really loves to paint. So much so, that she painted something on a canvas tonight and now wants me to hang it in the guest room. I gently suggested maybe we could hang it in her room, but she's not having it.

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My camera is out of batteries and for some reason, the rechargeable batteries aren't recharging. I don't know what's going on. But as soon as I can, I promise to post a picture of Sydney's hair. We've been doing a bedtime star chart for Sydney, since it was a real problem for her to stay in her bed. And to get to sleep without me laying down next to her. So, for every night that she goes to bed without a fuss and without me next to her, she gets 1 star. And if she stays in her bed all night, she gets another star. So, the potential is there to get 2 stars a day. And it takes 10 stars to get a prize. The prize is of her choosing (within reason), so she's a little more motivated to work towards it. She has her nights where she says she needs me, but on the whole, this thing has been a huge success! We've already achieved 3 prizes. For her first prize, she got to go to Chuck E. Cheese's. The second prize, she got to go to McDonald's and play in the playplace. Her third prize was a barbie doll (the least expensive one...the Beach party barbie, found at Wal-Mart for $5.44) And next, she wants to paint something, so I'm going to take her to Earth and Fire pottery so she can pick out something to paint and they can fire it. I think that will be so much fun!

Geez people!

For those of you who have been harrassing me (and you know who you are) about my non blogging, I'm going to post the most boring blog you've ever read. And it's not out of spite, there just hasn't been anything exciting going on. Hence, why I haven't blogged. But you people just won't quit!
Um, so I went to the movies last night with the intention of seeing Seven Pounds. I was psyched, I was ready, I stood in a long ass line to get tickets, only to get up there and realize we had the wrong movie times. So, we had to go see Gran Torino instead. Which I really liked, so it was all good. But I'm still going to see Seven Pounds
While I was there, I dropped my phone in a toilet. And yes, I fished it out. I know, I know, but I just couldn't leave it there. I think it's unsalvageable however. I'm still working on it. Sorry Paula, no pics available of that.
On Wednesday, on the way to work, I hit a large dog. I don't think I killed it, but Sydney asked what had just happened. At first I tried to tell her "nothing", but she kept persisting, so I told her we hit a dog. I fully expected her to freak, but she camly replied "well, he shouldn't have been in the road." She is truly her daddy's daughter.
I woke up this morning and Sydney had cleaned her room all on her own! It looked very nice (meaning you can see the floors). I'm sure I'll have to go in there and tidy up a bit.
Also, we're making progress on our floor! We bought one pack of laminate flooring from Sam's to bring it home to see the thickness, so we'd know what we'll have to do with the trim, etc...And we decided we will probably not be putting it in the living room. Not, at least, while we have pets. There was hair all over that floor. Ughh! So, I guess we might get new carpet eventually.
Sydney started gymnastics again this past week. She was so bad at the beginning of class, I was about to pull her out and just call it a day. But she warmed up and did her little routines like she was supposed to. She told me she just didn't want to do the stuff in the beginning (warm up exercises). I told her she had to do that stuff so she wouldn't hurt herself later. We'll see how this next week goes.
And really, that's all there is. See, I told you it was boring.