Another Birthday & Another Snow Day = CELEBRATE!

Happy Birthday, Kathy!
Here she is opening up the gift that Abigail made her.  It is a special mug cover that has pockets on the inside and outside to put various items in.  Good job, Abigail.  Your mommy was very pleased!  We had lunch at their house.  Abigail did most of the cooking with some help from her daddy. She made Chicken Alfredo.  They made a heart shaped cake made out of cupcakes.  The children always get "into" the gift giving.  

Along with birthday celebrating we also had another snow day.  The children played outside some more today.  It was a bit warmer today due to the fact that the wind wasn't blowing...made it much "warmer!"  Joseph said that he got hot in his snowsuit.

Except for going next door to party, I stayed in today and continued with my undecorating/redecorating.  I really made a lot of progress today.  Items to be boxed up till next Christmas are "slowly but surely" becoming less on my dining room table and kitchen table.  Today I got all the "normal" decorations back up on the shelves above the kitchen cabinets.  The mantel is cleared off.  The shadow box in the family room has all Christmas removed and just waiting for everyday items to go back in it.  I have packed up a lot of boxes and carried them up to put in the hall.  It is getting harder and harder to walk through the hallway.  I am almost to the point that all the boxes that are left are the ones for the Christmas tree ornaments.  I can "almost" see the light at the end of the tunnel!

Woody has stayed in again pretty much today...he has been to the mail box and next door for the party.  He has done crossword puzzles, watched TV, watched a DVD...sticking close to the house waiting patiently for the thaw to begin.  We did get a bit above freezing today so the melting has started.  The road is beginning to clear.  But Tullahoma schools are out again tomorrow--they haven't been to school since last Thursday.  Melany left me a message that her school is out again tomorrow also.  I think that the super cold temps are behind us and each day it is supposed to warm up a bit more...heading to the 50's and perhaps even the 60's with rain in the forecast for this coming Monday.  Wonder if this is it for our wintery weather or if there will be more before the winter months leave us...more wouldn't surprise me...seems like when we get one good snow, we often get another or another. Time will tell.  But we are very glad that the super cold temperatures are over, at least for this round!