Snow Day!

This is how you make the snowsuit fit.

No little boots, so yes, she's out in little bear slippers.

Well, the snow came all night.  We got about a foot and a half.  The power went out at 2am and this old house gets cold really fast, so Eric got up and lit a fire.  Not sure what happened but the whole house was filled with smoke.  Ug.  Poor Eric.  He wasn't too thrilled.  Trying to heat the house with windows and doors open.  When we put the wood stove in, we had this brilliant idea that we'd put a vent from the fireplace to our bathroom upstairs for extra warmth.  Ya', that idea works too well.  It was sweltering up there last night.  The smell of smoke is still strong here, especially in the living room.  Thankfully it wasn't black and billowy, just grey and foggy.  Lili mentioned this morning that she woke up and smelled smoke...and didn't say anything.  So, there were long talks today about fire safety and she's clear she should wake us up when she smells anything.  Needless to say, it was a long night with very little sleep.  Then I got a call early this morning telling me I could stay home with the kids for a snow day!  Yay.  I don't think I've ever had a 'snow day' as a adult.  The kids were jumping around and screaming they were so excited that we'd all be here to play together.

Then came a plea for help from another FCC family.  They were stuck on Riverbottom and needed to get to the airport by 12.  So, Eric trudged out and got them there.  I was worried about Eric heading out and it was a tense morning until we heard that he had them and managed to get them there with 40 minutes to spare.  He was home here for a late lunch.

The girls weren't happy about Eric not being here, they wanted him to build their slide like he does every snowfall.  They use the back stairs to climb up and he packs all the snow off of both decks against the big rock.  They ended up heading out before breakfast and played for two hours! They were in and out getting new mittens. I thought it was because they were wet, nope, it was because Isabel kept taking theirs right off their hands!  Jia and I stayed warm inside. She went down for her first nap just as the big girls came inside and we had brunch.


So our snow day didn't go as planned but we eventually all made it outside together to play after lunch.  The girls had made their slide themselves.  Eric had shoveled the snow during the night, but it wasn't packed.  The slide was lumpy and they were getting air and there was risk of sliding into the trampoline at the bottom but they were having fun with it.  Eric made some quick adjustments and then it was even better.  Jia and I were really only out there long enough for a couple pictures.  She was happy to come in and now she's down for nap #2.  It's all good. 

The snowsuit she is wearing is the one that both Lili and Fei wore at two and it's too small for Jia.  She is really tall.  The Dr. appt. yesterday went well.  Jia took that in stride too.  She was really more curious than miffed at the poking and prodding.  Her mongolian mark is documented.  She is healthy.  The Dr. agreed to do all of the tests we asked for.  She is 75" long and 23lbs.  She's gained 3lbs since we've been home.  I'm not sure where that is on the chart.  I'm just so thrilled she's on the chart!  Such a different experience.  Oh, and the Dr. agrees that she is clearly older.  Not sure yet if we'll bother with the testing.  I'm inclined to not bother.

Lastly, I have a ganglion cyst on my right hand, it showed up in July during the height of referral drama.  Likely caused by too much time on the computer.  I've had one before, that went away on it's own.  Anyway, it's still here and the new family Dr. wants it looked at so she put a surgury consult application in.  I was a bit shocked by that and Lili is devastated about the idea of me having any surgury.  So, we've had to go over and over again with her about how simple it will be.  

Ok, the girlies want to bake cookies and that sounds good to me, so I'm off.