Monday, December 9, 2013

Unplugged

The kids had their first "snow day" off from school today. We knew about it last night before they went to bed, so they were all excited about having a day off. I was too... until our power shut off at around 8am. Then I got a little worried. Would the house stay warm enough? I of course had thought up great plans of making cookies and listening to Christmas music - how long until the girls started getting antsy without their go-to movies and other forms of electronic entertainment? In the end we actually had a great day. The girls managed to find game after game, pretend play and arts and crafts to keep themselves occupied. During quiet time, while Molly and I were resting, Ava and Jocelyn even colored and cut out Christmas decorations for their room.

Power was finally restored around 3:30pm. The girls almost immediately turned on the Grinch. I sat near a vent and enjoyed every hot breeze that came out of it. It was definitely nice to have the comforts of electricity back, but it was also fun to spend the day together finding creative ways to entertain ourselves and keep ourselves warm on this icy day inside.

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