Snow Day!!!

Last night, under all the forecasts and predictions of a huge blizzard with ice, freezing rain, winds, thunder, lightning, 12 to 24 inches of snow, school was canceled for today!

[9:03 a.m. Facebook Snow day update #1: Had cinnamon rolls (that Daddy bought for us last night) for breakfast. LEGO building and Barbie sorting/mall designing has begun!]

While the girls continued with Barbies, Caeden spent some time playing with his Nerf gun.

 

[11:36 a.m. Facebook Snow Day Update #2: "Animals" are barking and singing upstairs. Caeden and I did some rhythm boxing, rhythm kung fu, rhythm parade and step aerobics on the Wii Fit. Snow has just begun falling here.]

And, Caed spent some time playing with his giant Mickey Mouse Memory game.

[12:30p.m. Facebook Snow Day Update #3: Took showers, in case we lose power and don't get one for a couple days...;) Making mac'n'cheese for lunch. Jeremy's work closed, so he is heading home (YAY!)...praying for his safety!]

Sylvia dutifully did her homework, even though she did not enjoy the story about frogs.

[1:45 p.m. Facebook Snow Day Update #4: Homework done. Memory match game and Tiddlywinks played. Violins being practiced. Jeremy is still not home...over an hour now...please pray!]

Both girls practiced their violins.  Annah is currently working on the Bach Minuet in G, and Sylvia is playing Let's Go Fly a Kite.

[2:30 p.m. Facebook Snowday update #5: Jeremy is home; praise the Lord! Kids are playing Guess Who and Mouse Trap, and I have been banging out some Grieg on the piano. Also, about 15 loads of laundry have been folded and piled up on the couch.]

Sylvia and Caeden played Mouse Trap, and Caeden enjoyed seeing which color Tiddlywinks work best.

Jeremy's office even closed at 12:30, and he came home before the worst of the storm.  We were so glad when he arrived home.  He spent a few minutes playing his current favorite Facebook game, Zuma Blitz.

[4:45 p.m. Facebook Snowday Update #6: Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is baking. Did piano lessons with the girls. Caeden is asking for new batteries in all his toys. Jeremy is practicing his ski jumping...on the Wii...Even though we have plenty of snow, we still have no hills in central Illinois. ;) Snow is coming down and swirling about pretty hard now.]

And of course he also spent several hours logged in working from home.

 

And we had vegetable beef soup/stew for supper...so warm and satisfying!

  

How grateful we are that God has kept us safe, together, warm, full, and healthy today!  We are blessed so far beyond what we need.

[7:46 p.m. Facebook Snowday Update #7: Bellies are full. Kids are watching Despicable Me from Netflix. Jeremy is working on his laptop. The wind sounds like it is going to blow the house right off of us! School and work already canceled for tomorrow...hope we left something to do on a second snow day!]

"He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth." 

- Job 37:6