Friday, January 08, 2010

Snow Day

We got a few inches of snow yesterday, which meant that Paul worked from home, and we all got to play together a little bit. Benjamin was so excited to finally get to build a snowman! He wanted to peel his carrot and bring a bag of chocolate chips out for the eyes and buttons. We got outside, and basically finished shoveling the driveway before deciding it was way too cold to be out. And the snow was much too powdery for packing, so the snowman was a no go. Maybe next time.
Peter (on account that he has no snow clothes) went out in his duck costume, a coat, and some plastic bags over his shoes. After his third face plant into the snow, we decided to enjoy it from inside the front door. He was just content eating handfuls of snow.

And I finally broke down and called a plumber to thaw our frozen pipes. Luckily nothing had burst. We've been blowing space heaters and blow dryers on them all week, leaving everything open, and still nothing. I think our house has some serious insulation issues.

4 comments:

Melanie said...

Playing in the snow is not usually all the fun you (especially as the parent) think it's going to be.

Sorry about the pipes. THANK HEAVEN NOTHING BURST!

Liz said...

I've always been of the "look at snow from a window while drinking hot chocolate" camp, myself. Too cold!

Good luck with the pipes!

Momo Cannon said...

Good memories -- sorry it didn't work out for a snowman, Benjamin. It is fortunate that you didn't have worse problems with the pipes, that can really be a mess! Love you all!

Marc and Miriam Deru said...

Dad told me about how he said you could try cutting open your walls. I just thought, yikes-- this is getting crazy. Did you have to anyway for the plumber? I hope they're back to normal now! Sorry Sarah. :(