Another Snow Day
It snowed a few inches last night, which meant we had a snow day today. No reason for it. It was warm. The roads were clear. But oh noes! Snow! Must not send the children to be educated!
Our county has totally run out of money for snow removal. They are still removing it, but the budget it empty. This was the third snow storm of the season. I suppose that tells you how much snow this place usually gets. This weekend we are supposed to have a storm that tops the Blizzard of ’09–the 21″ we had just after Christmas. Bah.
Since the county schools were closed, the gym daycare was closed, our MOMS Club meeting was cancelled and Erik’s preschool was cancelled.
We were both going stir crazy. I hate being stuck at home all day.
I did take the boy out to the little hill at the end of the cul-de-sac. Thankfully there was a nice group of tween boys who were really kind and sweet with Erik. They let him ride on their sleds and build their ramp and such. I am so glad I didn’t have to trudge up the hill and help him push off. We have a really stupid plastic sled that doesn’t work all that great. It was free since I never saw the point of buying a sled for a once per winter storm. Ha! What do I know? This afternoon we even went to the stores looking for sleds since we are supposed to have several more storms in the next few weeks, but they are long gone. I looked online for some clearance sleds and about choked. Who in the bleepity-bleeping hell spends $50-$200 on a kid’s sled? I couldn’t believe it! His bike and scooter combined didn’t cost that much! I couldn’t find anything other than what we already have in a reasonable price range so gave up on that idea.
I’m really glad I decided to outfit him for winter. The idea was that he would be able to play outside in Sweden. It never crossed my mind that winter pants and boots would be necessary here. Guess what? He didn’t need them in Sweden, but they’ve seen good use.
Anyway, Mike is home! He got home in time to give Erik a bath and do the bedtime routine, so I was very happy. I feel like I’ve been working my ass off cleaning the house all day, but for some reason it is still a horrible pig sty. Erik was on my last nerve. I was very, very defeated and just wanted to sit in a corner and cry. I am so glad he made it home before bedtime so he could take some of the pressure off.
At least Erik did one sweet thing today. When we were at Target he spontaneously decided he wanted to buy Elsa a present. He asked if we could go down the baby toy aisle (I didn’t know he knew such an aisle existed) and he picked out a little pink teddy bear all by himself. Awwwwww! He says he is going to surprise Elsa with it when she pops out of my tummy. I am so relieved he is on board with having a sister. He talks to my belly all the time and tells everyone we meet that he’s going to be a big brother. I know the adjustment will still be hard, but it is really a joy to see him so excited, especially after his total meltdown and denial the first few months.