Snow Days 2011

Here's our obligatory blog about the great snow shut-in of 2011.  What a crazy week here in Georgia!  I have no complaints about the 4 days we had together at home (not counting the weekend before).  It was such a gift to be able to spend some no-stress time as a family (plus, I had been to the grocery store on Sunday, so we were fully stocked).

Brandon and I tried really hard to be grateful for this gift of time as a family, without thinking of all the things we could be doing out there in the world.  And we're also trying really hard not to focus on the "woulda coulda shoulda" list of things we might have gotten done around the house but didn't this week.  Because it's a long one :)

So here's how our week went down:

Day 1
This is as close as Carson wanted to get to the snow on the first day:

And this is what Brandon and I did for fun:

Day 2
Brandon got a brilliant idea that kept us entertained the rest of the week:



Carson was much better able to enjoy the outside when she didn't have to touch anything except the raft.  And we had some really great neighborhood bonding on day 2 as well.  One set of neighbors has a 3rd grader who played with Brandon, shared his sled, and took a few turns on our raft.  And here is the snowman he built, Bob.  Carson loved Bob.

His dad and mom brought out their fire pit and some marshmallows to roast. 

Another set of neighbors made hot cocoa and brought it out for everyone. And yet another family in our cul de sac brought out their son, who is a few months older than Carson, to play.

And when we were inside, we played with the camera.  Here, she is looking at herself in the viewer of the camera:

Day 3
More sledding fun--why not go down head-first?



And we ventured out for dinner to a Mexican place nearby, along with Jana, Seth, and Lila.  It was great to get out a little bit--and surprisingly, the place was packed!

Day 4
More of the same.  This was our last rafting day (our neighbors stopped by day 2, but we kept it going strong throughout the week!).  Brandon and I also enjoyed watching some movies this week while Carson was napping--we can't remember the last time we watched a movie during the day.  Carson was so sleepy after playing outside, she'd take a nap long enough for us to get in a flick.  It was fun just being able to lounge on the couch in the middle of the day and watch an entire film!

And Carson learned how to do a headstand.  Impressive, right?

Day 5
Brandon went to work (boo!) so our snow week was technically over.  Sad!

Hope you guys had a great time with your families and were able to do some relaxing and enjoy being at home with nowhere to go.