The Kind That Sticks to the Shovel

Snow and ice today. About 1/4" of ice on 8" of snow. Kristin and I measured with a ruler. We all guessed before hand, and Kristin got the closest. I guessed a lot higher but didn't account for for the freezing rain melting a bit of the snow that had already fallen.

Kristin and I went out in the snow/ice this morning. Kellen would have gone out too but he had a pretty good 'I don't feel good' fit right before we got ready and he just could calm down enough to get his snow clothes on. Kristin played in the snow while I did some shoveling and put chains on the truck. Kristin had a really good time stomping through the ice layer into the snow. We then went inside for lunch. By then Kellen had calmed down and was back to his normal self. Outside of the crying fit, he had a much better day today. Much less sneazing and runny nose and hardly any coughing.

After lunch I test drove the truck with the chains on around the block. They worked pretty good. Also did a bit more shoveling. While Kellen was taking a nap, Danelle and Kristin baked gingerbread men, er 'girl', cookies.

Later in the afternoon Kristin went back outside, this time with Danelle. Danelle did more shoveling while Kristin bounced about. Danelle managed to get most of the driveway cleared off. It was a challenge since the ice was heavy and the snow wanted to stick to the shovel. We decided to keep Kellen inside because of his cold, so he and I palled around inside. He likes to say 'ho ho ho' whenever he sees a Santa on TV, and you can ask him 'What does Santa say?' and he'll give you the answer.

During inside play the kids got out the princess tent and had a good time with that.