old man winter arrived last night
and totally kicked our butt. :) Seriously, caught Ameren unprepared I think. Dumped tons of water, ice, sleet, and snow all over the country. Our power went out at quarter to midnight and we awoke to 56 degrees in the house, which isn't that terribly cold, but it's pretty cold after a night of sleeping in it. come to find out they are saying 2 million homes are powerless. Wow.
So we laid in bed as long as the kids would let us - 7:15 or so. Then we got up and did cold cereal (just what you want in 56 degree weather) and we started playing physical games like Simon Says and doing jumping jacks till the kids didn't want to do it anymore. Then Rob had the brilliant idea of running the shower in the bathroom (gas water heater) for a minute or two to heat up the room and just hanging out in there - all four of us in our bathroom. We lasted about two hours without killing each other, singing christmas carols and preschool songs. Then Deanie's daughter called us to let us know that their generator was up and going and they had a warm house, so we went there to wait it out.
We had just made plans to move to my cousins house - about 2:30pm when the power kicked back on and I was so thankful that this adventure was over. We came home and Sarah and I laid down for two hour naps. whew. She's still crabby, but I'm feeling a lot better. long day.
Here are some pictures I took. Oh, and one from yesterday of Sarah in her truely unique outfit for the day. She's so her own person, it rocks.
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