Snowed In

From Beth: With the blizzard hitting us, our weekend plans turned completely around. We were supposed to head to South Bend for a wedding and unfortunately a foot and a half of snow changed that. We were so sad to miss the wedding and seeing my high school friends and Katie was very disappointed that she didn't get to have her sleepover at my Aunt Sharon's.

My office closed early on Friday so the weekend started early and we had lots of play time at home and Caroline had plenty of time to be up to her tricks like climbing up on the table to get to the Easter decorations. Usually we try to stop her, but her low-riding jeans made it too funny for us to intervene. After dinner Jamie and Katie headed out to shovel the driveway for the first of three times.

On Saturday almost everything was closed and many of the area counties were on Level 3 snow emergencies, so no one was supposed to be on the roads. We had a LeBrun day, which is something we learned from Jamie's Aunt Suzie. It means you stay in your pajamas all day and avoid showering if at all possible. Katie and I baked muffins for breakfast and we did lots of coloring and playing. Jamie, Katie and Lily had another long outing in the snow and all came in chilly and red-faced. By the end of the day we were a bit stir crazy, but it had finally stopped snowing. Sunday school was cancelled, so we had another unscheduled day on Sunday, except Jamie and Katie did venture out to the grocery. Jamie had the year-end banquet for the high school hockey team that he coached and Katie went along as his date, while Caroline and I had some fun time at home.

The highlight of Caroline's week has been the arrival of Girl Scout cookies into her life. She is in love with Thin Mints and her whole face lights up when the box comes out. Jamie says she's ready to sign up for the nearest troop. While she loves the cookies, she's not very picky about how she eats them. She loves dunking things, so this week we've seen her dunk them in the remains of her corn chowder, pizza sauce and beef stew. She finally got to the doctor for her 18-month check-up on Tuesday (about a month late) and she is doing well. She is now 27 pounds and 33 1/8" (80th and 90th percentiles, respectively). Now we just have to get her in for her "18-month portraits" and we'll be all caught up!