I was getting my shower this morning because Julia had co-op and I called down for my husband to ask him a question after hearing his voice when I thought he had left for work. Julia said that he was busy and would be up in a few minutes.
Several minutes later he came up and told me that Jillian was outside working herself silly trying to make a snowman, while wistfully watching the father/daughter team next door making one.
So what could he do?
My kids are just *not* good at sleepovers. The somehow don't get the "sleep" part. At all. Now I understand staying up late and watching TV, eating a bit too much, but eventually you're supposed to sleep a little, right?
Friday night they went, after much agonizing on my part. I *know* it's not a good idea. I *know* it will ruin the whole weekend. But they want to go so badly. And I really don't allow them to do it often. Their older sister was in their corner. And when Dad spoke up that he thought I should maybe lighten up a little, it was settled.
And BOY, have we paid for it. They are *still* cranky. And lounging around. And just can't seem to feel rested enough to have any type of motivation.
And I'm keeping my "I told you so" attitude to myself. For the most part.
Oh, and the best part? We were informed that our girls were the *only* ones that didn't sleep a wink.
The only ones.
Makes a Mama proud I tell you.
UGH!
In other news, DH and I watched the Superbowl together yesterday! I made many snacks and it was a lot of fun! Being from TN we had to root for the Colts (Peyton Manning was from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville).
Off to get this day started!
Okay, I know it's not a huge deal to most of you, but it's a *big deal* for us to get some snow. They were calling for snow last night, but it wasn't supposed to start until around 3am. So my youngest set her alarm (I'm not kidding) and was up before 6! My middle daughter slept with her nightgown turned inside out (??) for (snow) luck? And this is what we see well before the sun was up!
Just the first thing I snapped from my covered porch.
This is something you don't see often, a pool surrounded by snow!
A close-up of snow on the railing to show how much we got!
There is a plant under all that. That little blob in the middle? It was green yesterday.
Our magnolia tree. I brightened this picture. It was made when it was still pretty dark.
My poor strawberries.
My youngest who played on the deck for at least 30 minutes first thing this morning. She was so excited! To tell the truth we all were!
