Staying warm!

A very cold night and morning for us here....it was bad enough it's been 20 degrees outside with a blizzard, but we also ran out of oil.  Add to that, when the oil was delivered and we went to start up the furnace, it didn't work.  We had to have a repairman come out to fix it before we had heat and hot water! 

So Jack and I put on about 10 extra layers of clothes, and curled up together on the couch under a big comforter to keep warm.

At least this sweet little face still warmed my heart which was all that mattered!!!

We had so much fun snuggling up together, reading some of Jacks new books he got for Christmas from his Auntie Kris and Uncle Rhett.  After a couple of hours, the repairman came and the house warmed up!!     

Now we are off to Chili's for dinner...Daddy and I got some gift cards from my nephew Kevin and his girlfriend Rhionn, and we are going to enjoy a night out.  Jack is pretty excited about that too!!

Snow day!

Well, today was supposed to be a day of geocaching with Jack, my sister Kathy and my neice Riley (with a pitstop at someplace yummy for lunch!) because it was supposed to be sunny and 40 degrees. However, we woke up to snow!

It's pretty and all, but really put a damper on our plans today! So we ended up making some pumpkin pancakes, playing some games, watching a Kipper movie, and doing a snow day craft!

I brought out my favorite craft book, Barrons Crafty Kids, and had Jack pick out a project. This book is great for toddlers/preschool age...the crafts mostly involve construction paper, plates, and glue sticks. Pretty easy for the little ones!

Todays choice?? A rocketship! Maybe Jack is thinking we need to get ourselves out of this snowy state! (I, on the other hand, was thinking more like a plane and something involving palm trees!)

I did the cutting out and let Jack do all of the rest! He LOVES using the gluestick...and thought it was pretty cool to glue aluminum foil onto his rocketship.

Jack was very excited about how it came out, and of course, I was too!

We quickly put it up in the living room with poster putty for everyone to see! Of course, his favorite person to show off his projects to?? Daddy!