Wow. Didn't realize how long it has been since I blogged. Mea culpa.

Anyway, we have had a big week and a big weekend. No pictures tonight because it takes too long to upload from home. Going to have to investigate that.

We had a big winter storm here Friday and Saturday. Probably ended up with 4 or 5 inches of snow. They kept calling for it so I went to the store on Friday afternoon and got snow suits and boots for the boys. I thought we were going to make it through, but no such luck. As it happened , Christy (one of Griff's favorite sitters) had bad luck on Friday. Her apartment got broken into. Mom had had an early start that morning so she came home as it was starting to snow to let Christy get home. The boys had been especially good for Miss Edie -- Griff had said, monkey, pee-pee (while grabbing his privates), whoopsiee and cheese. Quite a lot of progress. Allan was not nearly so cooperative. He ate some shredded apple, but Miss Edie didn't get it sweet enough before he lost steam on it.

Friday night was family night. It was snowy and foul outside and we all just hunkered down and stayed cozy. Very low-key and fun. Saturday was quite blustery and snowy. I was determined that we were getting out in it, though. Jay headed out for sleds. We waited until the early afternoon before taking the boys into the back yard. Griff liked playing on the sleds inside. Allan hated it. Outside, it was just the opposite. Go figure. Dad pulled us around on the sleds a few times and then we started in on a snowman. The boys and I tuckered out fairly quickly but Dad kept at it. For two hours. No joke. Two hours. They don't have snow like this in England, he says.

Last night was another family night. This morning we got up to "spring forward" and lots of sun. We took the boys to "hospital hill" for sledding and made a couple of trips down and back before heading home.

It is silly to say, but it literally took twice as long (at least) to get the boys dressed and out the door for playing in the snow as they spent playing. The reality is that Jay and I should have gone out and played and let the boys hang out in the house!

Pictures tomorrow.