I love you because...

Be still, my heart. I'm so glad that sweet boy loves my kisses because I think I do it 1,000 times a day. He just has the most kissable cheeks in the world. (And he promised me that even when he has a wife, he'll let me smooch him whenever I want. YES!)

First (and last) night of dance

Spoiler alert: winter dance class was a bust for us. Miss Addison has been begging to go to dance class so we got her signed up (in the ONLY program I could find that wasn't full), purchased her dance outfit and went to our first class.

How PRECIOUS is she?!?

Here she is on her first night. We encountered our first problem when we arrived: all the other girls have been together in this class since September and Addison was joining mid-course. So...they knew much, much more than her and she definitely felt awkward. We also found that since the girls (ages 3-4) are prepping for their recital, a lot of the class is focused on routine practice. Since she had no idea any of the moves, she was confused and easily lost interest, taking her good old time to go to the bathroom, go to the water fountain, etc. 

Long story short, I spoke with the owner and she thinks maybe mid-course isn't best and that we should re-enroll her in the summer when they have 2-3 day camps, or even wait until the fall when the new academic year begins. So, she will be bummed. I will have spent an ungodly amount of money on leotards and shoes, and we'll try something again in the future. She was the cutest dancer ever though. (Not that I'm biased or anything.)

The Blizzard of 2016!

I'm not a fan of snow, but I'm not going to lie to you--I was kind of excited when I heard we were going to get 8-14" ON A WEEKEND (when we have no where to go!!) two weeks ago. It definitely started snowing Friday night but when I woke up Saturday morning, I had no idea just how much snow was going to be out there. Before I even got out of bed on Saturday, I looked at my phone. I saw one of the news stations said on Facebook that the snow totals had been "increased significantly" overnight and they showed us in the 30-36" range. I laughed because they are never right. But as the day went on, I was starting to wonder if maybe they could be right this time. It was coming down FAST. By about 10 a.m., there was so much snow that Seth had to snowblow a path for Bentley to even walk in it at all. 

The kids played outside in the snow for...10 minutes maybe?! They were cold and the wind was blowing so hard, so it wasn't exactly enjoyable. 

It stopped snowing sometime Saturday night. Our yardstick said 35 inches but we couldn't be sure if that was correct or not until the "official" National Weather Service numbers came out. But when they did--WOW. Mechanicsburg had gotten 36.9" of snow--the largest blizzard on record (even beating the Blizzard of 1996 that I remember vividly...and by TWELVE INCHES!). 

We didn't see a snow plow until Sunday night--and even then, the plow job was a bit dicey--so needless to say, things were getting a little crazy in our house. Imagine a hurricane. Inside. In every room of the house. Toys everywhere. Clothes everywhere. :) 

Carter's school was closed Monday through Wednesday, Seth was closed Monday and Tuesday, and even I had off Monday which is rare in the higher education world! It was warm all week and into the next, so almost all of it was melted. But then we got another 4 or so inches, so things are white again. Spring, come quickly! :)