We had conferences at school this week. Both of the kids are improving in all subjects and all of their teachers have said how caring and well mannered they are (if you can believe that!). This just proves to us that we made the right choice moving out here. It was tough last year for them to catch up with the other students but they have both worked really hard.
So this brings me to the surprise....we decided to take the kids to Disney World for spring break in March. We are not going to tell them until the day we leave. And hopefully the oldest does not figure out how to read this blog! More to come on this subject in in a month or so !!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Winter Storm Story
Much like everyone else , we got a lot of snow here. The kids were off school for 2 days and I also happened to have 4 days off this week. It was really nice to just lay around and relax with the kids. The first day we spent the morning watching old home videos of them when they were little, made lunch, and took naps!
That evening I was taking the recycles out to the half finished addition where we have the recycle box kept and to my surprise found a bat flying around. Thankfully we still have a door to close off that area, so I was able to keep him(or her) out of the house. I walked the dogs to the back yard because they won't use the bathroom while they are on a leash, and I opened the door to the backroom hoping the bat would fly out during the blizzard!
The next morning we woke up to some major snow drifts in the drive way, which meant that I had to move it all before we could go anywhere. So we bundled up and went at it! I can say I was never so happy that Eli bought that snow blower last year. Some of the drifts were taller than Nik! The kids got some play time in and had some fun jumping into the drifts, and the helped shovel a little. After 3 hours of moving snow I was finally able to at least get the car out of the garage and clear the neighbor ladies driveway. The rest of the day we spent studying for the upcoming ITBS at school!
The kids are back to school today and I don't know if the bat is still hanging around, but at least I can't see it!
That evening I was taking the recycles out to the half finished addition where we have the recycle box kept and to my surprise found a bat flying around. Thankfully we still have a door to close off that area, so I was able to keep him(or her) out of the house. I walked the dogs to the back yard because they won't use the bathroom while they are on a leash, and I opened the door to the backroom hoping the bat would fly out during the blizzard!
The next morning we woke up to some major snow drifts in the drive way, which meant that I had to move it all before we could go anywhere. So we bundled up and went at it! I can say I was never so happy that Eli bought that snow blower last year. Some of the drifts were taller than Nik! The kids got some play time in and had some fun jumping into the drifts, and the helped shovel a little. After 3 hours of moving snow I was finally able to at least get the car out of the garage and clear the neighbor ladies driveway. The rest of the day we spent studying for the upcoming ITBS at school!
The kids are back to school today and I don't know if the bat is still hanging around, but at least I can't see it!
This is where I think the bat was, but I was not getting any closer to tell for sure!
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