Here we Snow again

We have survived snowegeddon (24 inches in our neck of the woods), but are preparing for snowverkill, as the papers are calling it. We are looking at another 10-20 inches tomorrow night. We have survived the snow, it is cabin fever we are risking our lives with. Lucy is happy and happy to play inside or out (no school one day last week, and so far, no school until Thursday of this week). Unfortunately, Harper does not share the same philosphy. She is spending her time being naughty. Naughtiness includes antagonizing Lucy by coloring on Lucy's artwork, hitting Lucy in the head, smothering Graham, throwing things down the stairs, climbing the furniture, "washing the windows" with her lunch, taking whatever Lucy or Graham is playing with and so on and so on.
The only things that keep Harper happy are dance parties, books, playing Lucy's curious George beach game, and anything that makes a total mess (tea party, tea party clean up, play doh, etc.) She will also sing Wheels on the Bus and I've been working on the railroad ad nauseum. With her short attention span, each of these is performed several times a day. It doesn't make things any better that she is getting up about an hour earlier each morning due to Graham's early morning feeding time (6am).

Graham is 41/2 months old. In December when we got 17 inches of snow the weathermen we proclaiming that for our region, this was a once-in-a-lifetime snow. In his short little life, he is looking at his 3rd such snow. Let's hope for a once-in-a-lifetime quick arriving Spring. Grammy spends his time drooling, taking notes on how to be naughty from Harper, and being his happym content self. He also likes to watch the snow, and the girls playing in it.

As for Ian and I, Ian has been shoveling not only our sidewalk and driveway, porch but also the street since a plow could not get down our street due to a fallen cable line across the road. And we've both been entertaining, cooking and cleaning for the brood. As for weather damage, we had one large branch fall off the tree in the front yard, falling between the house and our car. Other smaller trees have snapped in two and all have had some natural pruning done. We are trying to help out the birds that we love in our yard but it is hard when food gets covered with snow. We now put out a daily offering for our feathered friends.

It's been a little bit like an unexpected Spring Break having Ian home from work, except that it isn't warm, we can't go anywhere fun and well, it isn't Spring. Maybe it is more like Christmas break, without the promise (and threat, in Harper's case) of Santa.

Anywho, we have food, heat, and a lot of time to spend together, be that happily or (again in Harper's case,) in time-out.