Snow

I have never really minded the snow and cold weather. In fact, I used to look forward to it. My thyroid surgery changed that (along with other things). During the coldest times of the year, I usually have two long sleeved shirts on, plus I bought wool socks that I wear with my slippers. Our bed still has three blankets on it, plus flannel sheets, just so that I can stay warm.

This isn't supposed to be about how we stay warm. Last week we had a storm blitz through Rochester and in about 4 hours had dumped about 6 inches of snow. Ben and Russell got out of school early and had (the first-ever) two hour delay the next day. The kids were out playing in it by 8 am.

One of the things I like most about the snow is that at night it stays so bright outside because of the snow clouds above and the fresh snow on the ground. Instead of darkness coming in the window, there is a nice glow. It is so bright that I was able to take these pictures no problem.

 Good thing it stays bright so Ben can shovel at night.

Raising little nerds

Russell and Meghan have a big interest in space things. They love going to the planetarium. We have seen three different shows (one of them multiple times), and they have a blast each time we go. 

They both have NASA shirts, too. They both love to wear them. Meghan insists on wearing hers when Russell does so they can be twinners.

We went to Menards on a snow day so Ben could do some product research (for our next house project happening over spring break), and we let the kids look at the toy section. Most of it is reduced priced to try and sell the left over Christmas toys. Among them we found these lovely jewels.

Notice Meghan's shirt? 

A space rover, a space capsule and a space station. We didn't buy them the day we went, but a couple days later I had to go back to get some ice melt (the only store in town that had it) and they still had the space toys. I broke down and bought them. 

They are pretty fun. Each one came with an astronaut, so all three of the kids have one to play with. I have even overheard them all playing space mission games with their little astronauts.

Hopefully their nerdiness will keep them out of trouble when they are a little older.