Snow Days

A few weeks ago we had a 'major' snowstorm.  Probably not major for some parts of the country, but for Oregon....it was major.  It resulted in a few more snow days for the schools and being holed up inside for a really long weekend.  Church was canceled, streets were pretty bare.  I've never seen it snow that much (or ice that thick) in the 9 years we've lived here.

The boys ventured out to play one morning.  And by play, I really mean that we spent a half an hour finding all the appropriate gear, 15 minutes getting them dressed, and about 5 minutes playing outside before they were cold.  Ha!  Benjamin actually lasted much longer than that but Jonah was not a fan.  Peter took them sledding in the street which consisted of him just pulling them along on the sled, and both boys pretty much hated it.  I took some hilarious video of them both screaming their head off and declaring that they hated sledding.  We were dying laughing from the front porch :-)  Ben and Peter played outside for a good hour before they finally headed inside for some apple cider to warm up.

On the first night we were stuck inside Jonah got the stomach bug.  He threw up 4 times within a few hours and then it was over.  We kept him on the applesauce/water diet for the next 24ish hours and he wasn't sick again.  Jonah did not appreciate not getting to eat normal food though that's for sure and he certainly missed his milk.  But this mama did not want to clean up that kind of mess in the middle of the night if he was still sick!

Despite him being sick, everyone else was well so I cooked too much while we were stuck indoors and when we could finally venture out safely a few days later it was pure bliss.  Makes me realize that although I love my childhood, there's no way I could handle the Iowa winters anymore!!