The storm started Friday morning but didn't get really serious until later in the day so we were able to attend Julia's dance class in the morning. Miss Sandy made sure to include plenty of gymnastics to get all the "wiggles" out of the kids before being cooped up for who knew how long. We made it home before lunch and settled in for the weekend. Friday afternoon and evening were uneventful but Friday night around 9:30 we lost our power. No big deal, the kids were already asleep and the house was pretty warm. So we went to bed hoping for a short outage. Unfortunately, that was not the case. We woke Saturday morning to a chilly house!
Andrew got a fire started in the fireplace and we brought in a bunch of wood from the pile. But the big excitement was that it was Julia's 4th birthday! She had cinnamon buns for breakfast and opened a couple of presents from us - a Mickey Mouse rocketship and a Crayola coloring globe. It was a fun celebration and she loved the gifts.
As the day continued we watched the snow, played in the family room, and kept the fire going to keep that room and the kitchen warm. We went out in the afternoon and played in the snow a bit. It was so deep (over 2 feet) that Julia was wading through it and saying that she was "swimming" in the snow! Once we got back in and warmed up we made Julia's birthday dinner - grilled steak and potatoes. yum!
We had a cozy dinner in front of the fire complete with a birthday cake made out of candy:
After dinner we watched a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the iPad (the only show that day as we conserving battery power) and then settled down to camp out in front of the fire. Julia started in her tent and then ended up sleeping next to me on the air mattress. Benj ended up curled up with Andrew on the couch. It was a cold night! The house was below 50 degrees when we woke up.
We woke up early, shivering, and not wanting to get out from under the blankets. Well, at least Andrew and I didn't, the kids were complaining they were cold but couldn't stay still! We waited awhile and then made our way out to one of our favorite breakfast spots - hoping they had power. They did! As we hunched over our coffee and slowly thawed out we made a plan to go to Grandma Les' and Grandpa Rick's and then visit others later in the day. We had packed a bunch of stuff with us because there was no way we were staying another night in a cold house.
Thankfully, everything went uphill from there. Grandpa Rick and Grandma Les have a generator and had cranked up the heat to make us comfortable, from there we went to Grandma Laurie and Grandpa Boo's and ended up having an impromptu birthday celebration for Julia and Alex, we spent a warm night back at Grandpa Rick's, and by 10 the next morning our electricity was fixed!
It was definitely a weekend that I don't need to repeat anytime soon. But it was an adventure and the kids handled it great! Maybe more actual camping is in our future!
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