So last Friday we ended up having 6 inches of snow (which when school was canceled at 5am there wasn’t a single flake on the ground). The ladies and litttle man, along with mommy, had a great day off of the normal schedule!<\/p>\n We all slept in and lazed around after breakfast (ok – I worked); once the snow started around 10am, it came down fast. Before it got to bad outside we all went out to play in it (see photos below).<\/p>\n After that it was lunchtime with some hot chocolate, nap for Chayton and stuff for the girls to do – we baked cookies, played games and even were sewing hats for the dolls! Once Chayton woke up it was movie time and a little snow shoveling.<\/p>\n On Saturday, I actually made it up and out of the house with everyone to be at the Essex County Environmental Center by 9:30am. That’s with more snow shoveling! We were there to cheer on our friend Arianne as she picked up the prize for second place in the children’s category for creating a sustainable, environmentally friendly gingerbread house. How cool is that?<\/p>\n Home, lunch, nap and off to a family playdate with our friends down the street. The girls spent the afternoon playing with Marie-Alyse, while I got to talk to her mommy and Luc let Chayton play with his toys. We stayed so long, that I gave up on dinner and braved heading out to Panera with everyone. (Going to any restaurant with a 2-year-old isn’t easy, add to it 2 hungry girls and 1 hungry mommy and that doesn’t always make the perfect recipe.) But it turned out to be a great decision …<\/p>\n All in all it was a nice break in the routine – and I’m very proud of myself. I didn’t eat a single child … not even one little bite!<\/p>\n Melissa So last Friday we ended up having 6 inches of snow (which when school was canceled at 5am there wasn’t a single flake on the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","WB4WB4WP_MODE":"","WB4WP_PAGE_SCRIPTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_STYLES":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FONTS":"","WB4WP_PAGE_HEADER":"","WB4WP_PAGE_FOOTER":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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