Ice Storm Dallas 2013

Thursday around 4:30 I got the call that there would be no school tomorrow!  It started raining around 4:30 and then that started freezing soon after.  Chris even got Friday off, so we made the most of it by doing. nothing.

Sadly, Colleen and Bobby had to cancel their trip here.
Its like Mother Nature carved out a path of destruction, just for them from Missouri, through OK and into North Texas.  We will see them in the Spring.

Icicles!

Love this hat on Elia!

Thanksgiving Break: Ice!

Thanksgiving Break week, we joined up with my cousin Kevin and his family to go see the Ice exhibit at the Gaylord.  It was pretty cool and cold.

A christmas tree of ice!

Hot cocoa afterwards.  Elia stole the show in the rest of the pics.

We went back to Kevin and Amanda's for dinner and a quick swim in the hot tub!

Too Cold for Me!

Yesterday, there was another ice day. Schools had off, and lots of people had late starts. We had plans to go to our church's playgroup Valentines Party, but it was cancelled. So Gianna and I made some more button cookies (recipe here), but this time we did them Valentine's style with pink m&ms. We gave some to her teacher, and made some for her playgroup friends, which we will see on Friday!

Like her pigtails? She won't let me adjust them, so they are totally uneven. Elia is so creative when she has to entertain herself!

I was determined to get out with the girls after they took a nap, and by 4pm much of the ice had melted and major roads were clear and safe. So we went to the gym and back in one piece, phew! The cold was biting though, especially with it being so windy out. But running errands today was pretty easy, with just a few ice patches to worry about. I hope we are out of all of this wintery weather- this is not what we signed up for when we decided to stay and live in Dallas!

We went to ikea Monday night and the girls, like last time, had a blast!

I would so buy this chair- but its $80!

We want to put this color yellow in our room- the "pop" against all the grey,blue, and white. Literally, this is the only item(a lamp shade) ikea carries in this color. They like their reds and blues and blacks!

Ice Day Part 2

So the past two days were great- Chris' office was closed Tuesday and Wednesday- yippee! Sadly, this morning he only had time to enjoy a quick tea party with his girls and then had to be at the office by 10. I was determined to take the girls out, even for a little bit. We ended up "painting" the snow with some food dye and water.

It isn't even snow- our street is a freaking sheet of ice.

I'm glad Chris is going to and from work during non-rush hour times of the day. It is treacherous. So treacherous, that we could only really walk on the grass without falling.

Poor Elia. I was about to take a pic of the ice and boom, she fell. For the 20th time.

The girls have been really sweet with each other lately. The 3 of us literally haven't gone anywhere since the gym on Monday morning, and we have not driven each other crazy! Last night Chris and I overheard Gianna say to Elia "Elia, you are my sister AND my friend." Whenever Gianna got some m&ms, she made sure that Elia got some too. Here they are sharing some hot cocoa after our paint session outside today.

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Ice Day!

Even though we had temperatures in the high 70s this weekend, it is like 18 degrees out right now! Chris' office was closed, so we had the laziest day ever. It was great. We watched a lot of tv, and didn't do any chores or anything reno-related. We did, however, make the effort to go outside. I think it literally took 30 minutes to find all of our scarves and mittens to get bundled up and then it took Gianna about 7 minutes to say, "I'm cold, can we go in now and have hot chocolate?" Which we did. It wasn't even really snow- it was little ice pellets which isn't good for snowmen or any other fun snow activities. So we stayed warm and dry inside. What a much needed day off for Chris!

All bundled up!

Attempting to go down our driveway:

Elia wouldn't let us keep the scarf above her chin. She would just pull it back down!

Playing with Daddy. According to G, they had to take a boat across the family room to build a house. Elia is hammering here.

Oh, and I made this yummy apple pancake for breakfast. Easy, and everyone loved it!