The first weekend of December turned into a weather fiasco dubbed #IceMageddon. It started to rain Thursday afternoon and kept on through the night. By the time we woke up Friday morning, there was snow on top of a thick layer of ice. Travel was treacherous enough that school was canceled. The rain/sleet/snow continued to fall on Friday and froze soon after, as from that point on, the temps stayed below freezing. Cub Scouts was cancelled. The choir performance at Barnes and Noble was cancelled. So was tennis and the Pinewood Derby workshop.
By Sunday, we all had cabin fever, and a soon-to-expire day pass for the Great Wolf Lodge. We ventured out carefully for the short drive to the indoor water park. Due to the road conditions, they had many cancellations and the park wasn't crowded at all. It was a great way to burn off the cooped-up energy. The temps did get above freezing for a couple hours in the late afternoon and we saw many mini avalanches of snow falling from the roof of the park, not quite as big as this video shows but this was taken at the GWL right before we got there!
All the thawing that occurred would just refreeze overnight. It was bad enough that school was canceled on Monday as well, so we were extra thankful that we got a day OUT of the house.
The following week, we played catch up at school, for PTA, Christmas shopping, grocery shopping ...
Sarah walked in the Flower Mound Christmas Parade with her Girl Scout troop again. It was still very chilly, so those that braved the weather got as much candy as they hauled in at Halloween!
She also got to sing with the choir during the PTA meeting. And Ethan displayed his Pet Parade project - a voluntary project showing the process of selecting a pet, care and maintenance, toys, food, etc. He selected a brown guinea pig (because we used to take care of Fudge - a class pet from Sarah's second grade teacher in SA).
Then came all the class parties at school. Ethan's was a madhouse - there were more activities that we had time to do, but I'm sure the kids enjoyed the frenetic pace.
I helped plan the party for Sarah's class. Much more calmly, we finished the chalkboard picture frames that I had started the week before (painting two base coats and taking pictures of each kid). We also cut out snowflakes for the local hospital to use as tray favors.
Lucas' party was almost done by the time I could leave Sarah's party. But I did get to see him in a reindeer hat and try to eat a piece of licorice with no hands - made more difficult with the absence of his two front teeth!
One more half-day of school to get everything bought (and wrapped, dare I hope) before the kids are out for two weeks!
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