Snow day

Last Tuesday we had our first snow day of the year. We kept very busy inside, making cookies and playing games and building in kinetic sand and reading lots of books, because the boys have colds that I didn't want to make worse by lots of time outside. I also spent a good part of the day dealing with the plumber who was traipsing in and out, plus workers from the City who were here to turn the water off and on.

It was Theo's idea, after using the cookie cutters to cut out shapes in the kinetic sand, to make cutout cookies. They were great helpers making the dough, rolling it out, and using Grandma Grinnell's cookie cutters to make their shapes (a Star of David for Theo, and a bell for Beckett). After they cooled we frosted a few and, predictably, they were too sweet for Beckett but Theo enjoyed every bite.

  

Our city workers, out in the blizzard to turn the water on and off so the plumber could do his work. I wish they'd figured out on Tuesday while they were there at the water valve from the main that it was broken and needed work, instead of waiting until we replaced a part that turned out not to need replacing and then when it didn't solve the problem, the plumber realized it might be a problem with the city's part of the line. Oh well, at least we have water pressure again now.