Wowza, did we get a helluvalot of snow this winter or what?! I think Mother Nature was making up for the lack of snow the past 2 winters. I didn't count, but we had snow on the ground for maaaaaaaany consecutive days. It actually didn't bother me this winter! Due to COVID and school/work schedules still not normal for a lot of people, traffic is normally a breeze - even when it snows. There was one morning when it was snowing when I would normally be heading to work; I checked the traffic and the boss was cool with me working from home for a while. Luckily, the fact that Danny's working from home most days helped when school got cancelled. The plows also did a really good job keeping the roads clear with all of the snow. All these things make a world of a difference! Check out some of our winter fun below.
The boys were at baseball practice one Sunday morning. After Cadence and I shoveled the top part of the driveway, we realized the snow was great packing snow - ideal for a snowman! Danny snapped these pictures from us finishing up our masterpiece when he got home.
Isn't he just the most perfect snowman you've ever seen???
I like to update my friend, Ashley, in Georgia when we get a lot of snow. I sent her this picture from our ring camera in the backyard. This wasn't even the worst of it. It got to the point where you couldn't even tell where the pool is. It's really pretty back there!
I decided to take the day off from work on one of the kids' snow days. I didn't have much going on at work, so I figured, "what the heck?!" I'm so glad I did. We had a perfect snow day. We went sledding at the high school again. This time, since it was so cold, and we had gotten some freezing rain before the snow, there wasn't any mud - just a bunch of ice under the snow. It made for some stellar sledding! It was really difficult to get up the hill afterward, though. We picked up some Panera for lunch, and we had hot chocolate and popcorn with a movie after. Perfection.
They got so warm, they insisted on taking off their jackets.
This year, for Valentine's Day, we supported my old co-worker's restaurant, Lola & Giuseppe's Trattoria. Danny and I agree, it's the best Italian food in central Ohio. They were doing a special take-out menu for Valentine's Day. I sent Danny a screenshot of the post on social media and we decided we needed this food. We ordered spaghetti and meatballs for the kids, chicken fettucine alfredo, and eggplant parmigiana. Each meal came with a salad (I saved one for lunch that week) and garlic bread. It was sooooo good and worth the drive!
I let Cadence pick which dessert to make for Valentine's Day; since it fell on the weekend this year, we had plenty of time! We made chocolate cake from scratch (the frosting was store-bought) and she had fun decorating the top with different colored frosting. It was delicious! We even shared some with Mom & Dad.
Since I didn't get around to making a Valentine's craft with the kids for all of the grandparents last year, I took the idea I had planned to do and put it into action this year. Since Cadence is such a whiz with the sewing machine, we took this...
...and turned it into this!
You wouldn't believe how many pictures I deleted to just get the ONE good one. 😑
The cameras around the yard have picked up evidence of our nocturnal friend in the yard on several occasions. He must've been cold and hungry. He's so pretty, though!
Even though we had a lot of snow this winter, we really haven't had many days with sub-zero temps. These icicles on the roof near our bathroom are something I've never seen, though!
It was also so cold that there was ice forming on the INSIDE of Colin's windows. Yes, his room is the coldest in the house, but it didn't feel THAT cold!
My car read -8 on my way to work that morning.😲
The last weekend before we knew our temperatures were going to be above freezing, Dad asked if we wanted to go sledding! He's such a kid at heart. We talked the kids into trying a new place. I had seen a friend on Facebook post that they went near the dam. There's a park near the Alum Creek Dam called Winter Park. It was a nice, long, gradual hill to sled down. It was pretty busy. Once we got tired of that hill, we ventured over to the hill on the side of the dam. My dad and Danny were the only ones crazy enough to go down it on the sled. It was too bumpy - there are rocks under all that snow! Not to mention, it is VERY steep! Here's a picture from the top!
Here's a picture while we were trekking up! It was a great workout!
Group photo!
Oh, and our old pooch, Scarlet. She irritated her paw/nail while walking on the deep snow. The snow had this crunchy layer on top that you could step on, but as soon as you put your foot/weight down, you'd crunch right through. Her fragile paws apparently couldn't hack it. We noticed it was bleeding after she came in from a potty break. After that, we would take her outside on a leash so she wouldn't wander around more than she needed to. We also shoveled an area and packed down the snow so it would be easier for her to walk. We were keeping an eye on it to make sure it would heal. One night while putting the kids to bed, Cadence said Danny was calling my name. I went downstairs & he was holding Scarlet on the floor in the kitchen. There was blood on the deck, blood on the tile, blood on the carpet. Her nail was dangling and it was bleeding badly. Knowing that we couldn't get her paw to stop bleeding, I called mom (poor thing was about to go to bed) and she came over while Danny and I took Scarlet to OSU (again). Due to COVID, we couldn't hang out inside the building, so we waited in the car after we told the vet what had happened and they examined her better. At this point it was after 10:00; they called us and told us what they planned to do, and that it would be another 1-2 hours. Danny ended up driving me home so my mom could sleep in her own bed. I felt badly going to bed, so I stayed up until after 1:00 in the morning when Danny finally got home with Scarlet. I was so afraid her old body couldn't handle the anesthesia. She ended up doing really well; they got her paw to stop bleeding, they cleaned it up, and made sure the broken nail was smooth. She was on a few meds and was out of it for a few days after.
Cadence found her toenail in the driveway! It must've fallen out of the towel we had wrapped around Scarlet's paw when we were putting her in the car! Gross!
I sent some pictures to family so they would know she was doing just fine!
Poor pup. She's got 9 lives like a cat!
No comments:
Post a Comment