Record-Breaking Snows!!

Here are more pictures of today's snow adventures. There hasn't been this much snow here since the late 1800's. We got a total of about 3 1/2 feet. It is crazy!! Emma and I ventured out today and had so much fun! It was very windy! There were drifts up to Emma's shoulders.


Looking up our street


Our courtyard
Our picnic table out in the courtyard

The Courtyard


Wading through the snow
Snow, snow everywhere!

Snow adventures

The girls are actually enjoying the snow! Emma has never before been interested in playing in the snow. I was amazed when I first saw her do this!

It is so out of character for her- in a wonderfully adventurous way! So, the totals for the weekend snow, as recorded at the Dulles airport, was 32.4 inches. Now, we have more coming as I write this on Wednesday. They are calling for about another foot this time around! Crazy! There are so many people not able to drive anywhere who haven't been plowed out (mostly people who live deep in neighborhoods or far from main roads). We live near pretty main roads, so have been able to get out. Plus, we have a parking garage, so gratefully don't have to dig out our car! I did go to the grocery store that is a couple blocks from us Monday night and I couldn't believe all the empty shelves! I heard it was even worse yesterday- running out of milk and bread. There were NO potatoes when I was there and hardly any chips and the vegetable sections, bakery and milk cases were very sparse.
Well, now for the good stuff. . .







Here is what Kenneth had to walk through to get home from work last night! He had to walk on the road, as they haven't plowed the sidewalks. Luckily hardly anyone was driving because of the craziness, so only one car passed him. Normally to walk home after work would be suicide on this road!

Here is the 'sidewalk' beside out apartment complex!

Getting Ripped in the Dark Ages

So, I never really set any New Year's Resolutions this year. I don't know why- maybe I still feel like my whole day is taken up with these darling children and I don't want to stress myself out by not meeting goals. (SO not a good excuse, I know) The only goal I did say out loud to Kenneth was to scrapbook one page a week, but here it is almost mid- February and I have yet to have scrapbooked a single page. Just not feeling it right now. (At least that isn't something that affects my eternal welfare or even my physical well-being!)

So, I am goal-less, but still doing some good around here! I have done my workout video 5 times in the last week. I already feel so much better (until I eat a couple of the amazing Homemade Oreo cookies I made for FHE yesterday- thanks, Julia, for the recipe!) But, really, I feel like my clothes are fitting better already. It's probably all in my head at this point.
When we lived in NY we were members of the YMCA and I absolutely LOVED the Kick-boxing classes. I have missed them terribly. Then I remembered I had a few VHSs of Tae Bo (essentially the same thing). (Yes, I still have many VHSs- I know- so dark ages!) So, I pulled the Basic Tae Bo video out last week and really enjoyed doing it until the VCR ate the tape and in order to get it out I ripped the actual tape inside. So. . . by default I have now moved on the the advanced workouts! I had 2 advanced tapes as well and they are awesome. (They are called "Get Ripped") I forgot how great I feel after doing them- almost as great as going to the class and having someone else watch my children for me! In all reality, it would probably be more stressful for me at this point to load these munchkins in the car and be anywhere on time for a class than it is to just do it here in my tiny living room.

The girls are funny, however. Sometimes Emma will join me in doing a couple of kicks. Sometimes Arianna decides she needs to run around me or hang on me, so I have the added mental and physical exercise of avoiding kicking my 2 year old in the head.

I am enjoying it, which is a great motivator to me, so I plan on keeping it up and getting ripped. . .or at least back to my old self after having baby #3!




This next one is Arianna stretching- so hilarious

Sweet Toesies

I absolutely love this stage when they first discover their toes and can't get enough of holding them! Grant is growing so fast! He slept really well last night and I could have sworn he was 3 inches longer when I got him out of his crib this morning. Sure do love him!

That's a very good question!

Emma revisited the baby girl conversation today at lunch. . .

Emma: "I can't wait to meet the baby girl!"

Me: "She's not coming anytime soon, Emma"

Emma: "Why not?"

Me: "I still have a baby right now. I can't handle another one yet."

Emma: "When can you handle another one?"

That's a very good question. . .

Snowstorm!

Emma's new favorite pass time

Emma's has moved on from Starfall.com to perusing blogs! It is her most favorite thing! She loves to look at their cousins' blogs and at ours and a few other friends. I get her to the blog and she knows how to scroll down, press play for videos and then press 'Older posts'. She sometimes spends 45 minutes or so on the computer and I have to tell her it is time to get down and play or read books. Yesterday, she and Arianna got on the chair together to look at our blog. So cute! So, keeps those posts coming- Emma loves them! (Especially videos!)