Snow Day

The weatherman said that it would snow at 5PM, so in joyful anticipation, we pulled open the blinds and waited for that first blessed snowflake to fall. The entire evening revolved around the exposed window. We did Nathan's homework facing it so we could sneak glances outside; we ate our dinner with our chairs carefully rotated just enough to see out the window; and when each of us thought that the other was not looking, we would open the door just enough to peer outside into the dark, cold night.....but alas no snow. Steve and I took turns racing back to the computer to check the newest update. 5PM passed, 6PM passed, and at 7PM, we put the kids to bed without a single snowflake. At 8PM, the weather station changed it's forcast to snow at 11PM, but Steve was not convinced. He was confident that the snow just was not going to come.

Kalea woke up crying at midnight. I normally would not answer her midnight call, but we took away her nighttime pullups for the week and I wanted to make sure she was still dry.....plus I wanted to check for snow. Both Kalea and the ground outside were still dry, so I went back to sleep in my warm bed thinking that maybe Steve was right. At 5AM, Kalea was up again, and this time, to my surprise, the ground was covered with a white blanket of snow! Steve and I sat in bed and waited for our ISD to be flashed on the TV screen with the other school closings.....but alas, our anticipation was broken and so were our hopes of a snow day. Steve and Nathan went off to school with their heads hung low. I felt bad, but not bad enough to waste a playdate with the snow. Kalea and I got dressed and went out to play. Kalea didn't know what to do at first, but after she warmed up to the idea, she made snow balls and watched them explode as she threw them on the ground. We played until the sun came out and began to melt all of our powdery fun. I put a snowball in the freezer for Nathan and cooked up a can of chicken noodle soup for Kalea and I.

UPDATES- Nathan got 'Lonestar of the Week' at school. He has caught up in reading and is expected to exceed expections by the end of the year. He really likes school now. (This is a first in the history of Nathan.) Now that he is completely settled and has friends, we found out that he can't go to that school again next year because Steve won't be teaching. Back to the ghetto school he goes. :o(

Kalea is now 100% potty trained both during the day and at night. She rode her first horse at Huntsville State Park on Saturday, her first roller coaster on Sunday and made her first snowball today. She proudly tells me that she is "strong and big."

Steve is looking into all sorts of interesting jobs.....no leads yet......