Jan 28
Everyone,
So today we went sledding again. This time with friends. And this time in the snow! You guys really missed out on some awesome cold, wet, fun we had.
Never fear, though…watch the video below and you can have the experience of sledding with me and Butterfly! (Yesterday)
That is Butterfly doing her “reporter voice” on the video.
Safire
Jan 28
Everyone,
So Butterfly has gone to school ONE day this week. ONE. And she will not go tomorrow. Do you know why? Because we’ve had a big snow storm. Big for here. I do admit, that we got over 9 inches in just a few hours. I expected one day off. Ma–aby 2. But 3? *sigh* Oh I love Butterfly so so so much but I also enjoy having her at school. I think she enjoys being at school.
Here’s an idea! Sledding party at my house! Tomorrow, 10am. Bring your warm clothes and your sleds! Then you too can look like this:
You can also help fuel Butterfly’s need to have huge snowballs on her lap. All day. They also went down the hill with us on our sled.
You can see our huge snow pile in front of our house.
This snow pile is the reason why we have snow in our yard until long after all the other places have been bone dry. Also, it’s pretty impressive that Juice shoveled that path through the pile. He is a shoveling machine!
And then, there is this cute girl. I think she needs a some attention to her hair, though.
You can also see if you can help me salvage these trees. I’ll supply the hot chocolate if you supply the twine to tie up the poor things.
Who’s up for it?
Safire
PS- Local people, seriously, we have a very fun hill near our house. Since we all have no school, come over and we’ll sled!
Dec 23
Everyone,
This morning we all got up and made the trek over to the big park to go sledding with Butterfly’s BFF Vinny and his mom, Lala. We had such a great time! And by we, I was excluding Professor. The poor guy is just unhappy about the whole sledding experience. This time I didn’t even put him down once and he was still unhappy. Poor kid.
We brought Soot along because she needed to get out. Poor thing had to deal with this:
She did very well though once she was on the sled track. She ran after the sleds growling and barking and having a merry old time.
I could have stayed out there all day long but the babies started crying and so we decided to head on home.
I think Butterfly would have fallen asleep on that sled if she could have. She was one tired girl!
After everyone had lunch and naps, we headed out to see the lights at the DC Temple. So beautiful! 
Butterfly and I had been there earlier this season during the day but this time we went to see the lights. We met up with our friends who come with us every year. It was fun to have their girl and Butterfly run around together.
We cut quite the path with our double wide stroller. We held up traffic in several places because BOB’s wheels were scraping each side of the snow on the little paths they plowed. What a great day!
Safire
Dec 20
Everyone,
It snowed into the night and we woke up this morning with around 25 inches. I saw this on the local news station and thought it would be cool to show you guys.
Plus, here are some pictures! We tried to go sledding again but the snow was too powdery. Plus, the boys were very unhappy. Even with putting bags on their feet before they get shoes on to keep their feet dry. They did last longer with this trick so thanks Rosemarie! It took me forever to get everyone ready (almost an hour) and I’m really not looking forward to doing this again tomorrow. I know Butterfly will want to go out tomorrow so it’s for sure that I’ll be out in it again. Good thing Juice has all next week off!
I went for a walk without the kids and took this picture near our house. They have plowed so much snow up on the curb that it is almost up to the stop sign. No joke!
I think we got some serious snow here! No church today. We had to cancel plans to see the Temple Lights with friends as well. Crazy!
Safire
PS- Love this little video of Butterfly trying to sled. Juice holding Pirate, Professor screaming next to me, and Butterfly’s little “weee!” as she goes about 6 inches. Cute!
Dec 19
Everyone,
Boy did we ever get our Christmas snow! It started around 9:30pm last night and hasn’t stopped yet. (It’s 24 hours later.) We have 20 inches and counting. We’ve shoveled our walks 4 times and went sledding!
Church is canceled tomorrow. Both airports are closed until 6am on Sunday. School in several counties have closed Monday and Tuesday already. 2 weeks off for Christmas for those kids! The METRO closed. Several of the highways are closed because of disabled vehicles and impassable roads. Wow…
We didn’t go anywhere today and enjoyed the snow. Well, Juice and Butterfly and I did. The boys…not so much. I think their feet get cold. They don’t have snow boots because it snows so rarely here I thought they didn’t need them. Now maybe I should find them some.
Butterfly was in heaven though. She bound out of bed this morning and got dress all by herself. She was mad that we made her eat breakfast because she had her hat and coat and mittens on in the blink of an eye. She cried when we went inside, but then proceeded to strip off all 4 layers and was soaked to the bone. Cold girl!
This is how you get 4 people on 2 sleds and hopefully have fun. Except Professor in the back is not having any fun at all. Butterfly kept trying to pull Pirate around in our infant sled (thanks Lavender…this sled has been awesome for us through the years!) . She kept falling over and he would laugh hysterically. Professor had a short ride out to our tiny hill and then was done. He did not want to go anywhere out of Mommy’s arms. 
Soot also had a great time chasing the sled and enjoying the weather.
I love the snow so much! We wrapped all of our Christmas presents this afternoon so we are DONE for Christmas. I’m so excited to be able to just sit back and enjoy the rest of the season!
Safire
PS- Both boys have colds and Pirate coughed so hard he threw up all over me and Professor while he was trying to nurse for bed tonight. Ugh. Also, Butterfly had a nap time accident. Add to that all the wet and dirty (Juice) clothes from snow stuff today, I probably have 5 loads. Yuck.
PPS- Here is what it looked like at 8pm tonight. 
There were people sledding off the pile of snow the plow put in front of our house. It’s as tall as Juice is. Awesome!
Mar 02
Everyone,
Juice and I watched the snow start to fall late last night. We woke up to a veritable blizzard. Well, what one would call a blizzard here in Maryland. The snow was powder…fine and dry and a skiers dream. Utah snow. I had forgotten when you shoveled it wouldn’t go where you tossed it. It just blew wherever it wanted to.
I woke up to Butterfly yelling out her window, “Wave at me Daddy! Wave at me!” I figured Juice was taking out the garbage and sighed because the boys were up only an hour ago and I was tired. “I want to shovel! Don’t shovel all of it without me!” Oh, right. I jump up, throw clothes on her, get her outside and then go deal with my boys who are screaming because they know I’m up and not getting them. After I got them up and dressed, Butterfly and Juice came back inside with bright red cheeks.
“I want hot chocolate for breakfast!” Everything Butterfly says has an exclamation point after it. Even when she whispers. I arrange for Butterfly to go play with AJ at Lolli’s house during our doctor visit, and put the boys down for their naps.
Juice decides to work from home today, and mentions we should probably call the doctor and see if his office is running late.
I do. It’s closed.
I get it. It’s for the safety of everyone involved. But I’m annoyed. People of Maryland, you have not seen snow until you’ve seen it drift 7 feet high and your car can’t drive through it because it’s taller than your headlights. I’m just saying…
So what would you do on a snow day the day after you take off your cast for a broken leg?
We went sledding.
The boys were cranky. It was their nap time. But I was determined to have pictures of them in the snow like I have pictures of Butterfly in the snow.
Didn’t quite work out the way I wanted to because Pirate is so tired he is crying and all Professor wanted to do was eat the snow. 
He was not happy with the snow after he stuck his face in it. We spent about 15 minutes outside and then I came back in with them. Juice and Butterfly got to stay out for over an hour playing and I have to admit, I’m a little jealous. 
We rarely get snow here and I love to make the most of it when we do. But today, I couldn’t. Next year we’ll hopefully be able to stay out longer.
I get to call the office at 8am tomorrow and reset up Pirate’s appointment. I hope it’s soon. I’d really like to know if his leg is healed or not.
Safire
PS- I’ve had a lot of questions why we took the cast off ourselves. The doctor told me specifically 2 times to take it off the night before. Even after I questioned him about it, he said he wanted to spare Pirate the saw and to see what kind of muscle deterioration he has. We did not just get tired of it and take it off. We were told to. But I won’t do it next time. It was too much of a hassle. So if anyone is googling my blog for spica casts in infants, don’t take it off yourself! The saw would last 10 minutes! This lasted 2 hours. Although he had a great time in the tub while it was going on.
PPS- Happy Birthday Bro!
