Levi couldn’t get enough sledding in!

We got snow, no school (bummer we’re missing out on 1 performance and 2 parties) and no work for either Mama. So, we threw some clothes over the boy’s jammies and headed out to sled! Came in, stripped back down to pjs and warmed up with some hot chocolate and now we’re watching Frosty the Snowman before we venture out to build our own Frosty!

“Our family” by Carlos (I love how Papa has no hair!)

We got to go to the Kiana Lodge Christmas party again and the boys had an amazing time. We got a family picture done (that wasn’t so great, both Trey and Carlos were looking away and I looked haggered!!!) done and had a really nice meal followed up with stockings and presents from Santa! The boys all really enjoyed seeing Santa and sitting on his lap, telling him their wishes for Christmas. Levi wants a Spiderman umbrella and a camera, Carlos wants a laptop (yes, a real laptop….got one from freecycle!) to play his computer games on and a cell phone to call Nana/Papa (that one’s not happening) and Trey wants Superman kite (just Ebayed that one…it’s on the way).
They did get some great things from Santa…the stockings were filled with candy, toothbrushes, socks and pens. Levi got a neat Spiderman on a 4 wheeler and a Spiderman laptop, Carlos got a Batman laptop and a Batman car that turns into a fortress and Trey got a Spiderman on a motorcycle and a Spiderman jet. Our boys are surely into the super heroes!

So we wondered if there was going to be school on Monday since the roads had traces of ice, and I’m sure more in one place or another. Hooray, school was in! So this morning, I was shocked to get an automated call saying that school was 2 hours late due to transportation issues. Hmmm….they didn’t have problems on Monday, it didn’t snow or rain/freeze and now we are on a delay? Didn’t make any sense. The hard part for us when there is a delay is that neither Trey or Levi have preschool, they get bummed out and then mad at ME for there being no school and it’s an all around not so fun day.
Anyhow, found out that the reason behind the delay today is that some student decided that late last night they would turn on the water at the bus barn, flooding it and when it froze the buses couldn’t get out. NICE. Not a fun prank…thanks to the little hoodlum that ruined my day!!! Wish you were here this morning to explain to my 3 and 5 year olds why they didn’t get to go to school. I have to say a little Ha Ha Ha…Karma is a beast….since you only got a 2 hour delay out of it all. 🙂

If you don’t know what Gak is…not sure I can truly explain it to you. It’s made from Elmer’s glue, water and Borax and is not quite a liquid, not quite a solid. You can pick it up and it will run through your hands, you can roll it up but eventually it will puddle up again. Carlos liked making his handprint and watching it disappear.
I made up a couple of batches for the boys to play with and they thought it was pretty cool. Email me if you want the perfect Gak recipe, courtesy of a OT friend!

It’s just a dusting….but it’s what we’ve got so far and it’s still falling! The kids were excited to go out on the porch and try to catch snowflakes and Levi even made a pea sized snowball to throw. They didn’t seem to care that it was just a trace, but they’re Western Washington kids so they just don’t know that “real” snow is deep and that snowballs are really supposed to be bigger than a pea. Ignorance is bliss!

Carlos had his special day with Nana and Papa yesterday. Of course, he wanted to go to Chuck E. Cheese since Trey had done that and of course, Nana and Papa said YES! But he had more planned, much more planned and he got to do it all.
Papa had to get a shot so Nana and Carlos went to ice cream (Carlos’ pick) and then they picked Papa back up and went out to noodles and meat (also a Carlos pick), then it was Chuck E. Cheese and to top it all off, Nana and Papa surprised Carlos with a trip to Office Max to pick out new notenbooks, a clipboard, pens and a bag full of gumballs! That, my friends, is a dream come true day for Carlos.
Levi’s day is tomorrow, he can’t wait!