Dang, it's cold!

As the entire country knows, we have been iced over along with everyone else. No, we didn't get any ice (thankfully) but it has just been bone-chilling cold over the past 10 days or so. For the most part the poor girls have been stuck in the house on the weekends. January is a tough enough month to keep everyone entertained, but this one has been really hard and we're only a few days in!

Most aggravating is the huge snow storm that moved across the country yet somehow managed to completely miss us. Atlanta and Knoxville both got snow, but not us. We did have a few wet flakes late one night, but nothing that accumulated. It sure would be nice to have a snowfall to play in while we are freezing cold! Of course this is the year both girls got snow pants and boots for the maybe-once-per-year snowfall that we usually get that still sit in the closets with the tags on. At least we have our ski trip in February to look forward to!

I have bundled up and taken the girls out to play a few times, making sure to watch for signs of skin blue-ness. Then I have to convince them to come in and they never seem half as cold as I am. Their favorite activity is to tear around in Claire's Barbie Jeep. Chloe loves being the passenger in the Jeep despite suffering a little whiplash that comes with the Jeep's three speeds: stop, reverse, and wheel-squealing forward. Claire understands that Chloe is little and puts her hand behind Chloe's back and head to prevent her from whipping into the fog lights - every time she punches the gas or jumps a curb. And Chloe just loves it!

Thankfully by later this week we should be in the mid 50's - much better then the 16 degrees it was this morning!