Saturday....in what feels like the Antarctic

Welcome to the Polar Ice Cap!! At least that's how it feels to me.

I don't really love the snow that much, anyway, and I was really hoping winter was winding down. So, I was definitely NOT excited to wake up this morning to about a foot of snow. Ugh.

This is how the kids reacted to the snow:Charlotte decided to play as much island music as she could find, dress as "hula" as possible, and put a "hula dancer flower" in her hair. She made me take a picture of this lovely flower.
Charlotte showing off her hula moves. At least her version of hula dancing, anyway. Cute as ever. She has become quite the fan of anything Hawaiian or island-ish. But, that's not really shocking, does anyone remember when Charlotte was about 2, and decided her name was Surfer Girl?
Savannah and Barrett decided to go out and play in the cold freezing snow while Colby shoveled a bunch of driveways. I had a hard time getting a picture of them, they wouldn't sit still long enough. They were having a blast!

My new favorite...

Honestly, I may never, ever again buy a bag of chips.
I LOVE these croutons.
I am a fan of croutons, in general, but these particular croutons...
ARE. SIMPLY. DIVINE!

Seriously, I have eaten almost one whole bag of these. Just like I would a bag of chips.
Yum.
And, Costco sells these in a huge bag.
I am in heaven.

Poached...

I poured myself a nice, hot, relaxing bath today.

In the 2.5 seconds it took me to get a new bottle of shampoo from the closet,

my dear Barrett had managed to strip off his clothes,

and poach my bath.

Unforgivable...

if he wasn't sooooo flippin' adorable, which he is.

So, I let him steal my bath, and after he was done playing in

the water and making more splashes than Disneyland's Splash Mountain,

I poured another bath for me.

Not as hot.....

not as long and relaxing......

and it still had a few of his toy soldiers in the water.

Good thing, too.

They could protect me from any further bath poachers....

like my cat.

Who, immediately upon hearing the bath water start pouring again,

made his way to the bathtub and tried to drink all the water.

Next time, I'll wait until all the kids are in bed, and Smokey is locked up

before I take a nice, hot, relaxing bath.

But, by then, I'll probably be too tired to wait for the bath to fill up,

and I'll probably fall asleep before I have a chance to relax in the

nice, hot, relaxing bath.

Grrrrr.

Cleaning up....

The soundtrack for today's clean up is...BLONDIE!!!

Charlotte's new favorite. Move over, Lady Gaga, you've been dethroned!
Just in case you were curious...

Charlotte's favorite Blondie song: "The Tide Is High"
Savannah's favorite Blondie song: "Heart of Glass" and "The Tide Is High"
(she couldn't pick between the two...it's a first-place tie.)
Dani's favorite Blondie song: "Atomic."

Come on over next time, you can dance with us while we pretend we're cleaning!!
Well, we usually start out cleaning, but by the end of it, it's more like a disco hall. Straight out of 1978.
Bring your own disco ball!!

14 Years!!!

Even after all these years, I still see fireworks whenever I think of you,

whenever I talk to you,

whenever I see you.

I love you.

I adore you.

Happy Anniversary, Colby!

You're my favorite!