Winter Returns

Last night I listened to the wind blow and the tree outside hit against our roof. When I went downstairs to get a drink of water I peeked outside. The orange glow from the streetlights hit each and every snow flake coming down, casting a glow of orange over the entire neighborhood. In just a few short hours, winter had returned. Hyrum woke up before six this morning. After a bottle we snoozed together on the couch. I woke up to a smiley boy and then I felt something warm on my stomach. He hasn't peed on me since he was like, a newborn! Yuck. I opened the curtains and then went to get out of my now wet Jammies. We are a little short on clean clothes, so I may have had to put on a dirty shirt. As I peeked out my upstairs window, I was still surprised to see the amount of snow we got over night. The trees were covered in the sticky snow and they bent beneath the weight. I had a lot of things to do today, and wasn't liking the wet, slushy roads I was seeing.

To Do:

Gas up (in case I get stuck in the snow)

Get children weighed and measured for Passport applications

 Stand in line at Passport Canada

Snuggle my little man to sleep

Make bagels

Bake cookies with Camilla

Decide what to make for dinner

After Mr. Stannix left for work I packed the diaper bag with snacks and bottles, bundled up the children and broke trail to the car. As I belted in Hyrum I could hear Camilla, standing on the sidewalk, crying dramatically, "This is not fun, Mommy. This is NO fun!". The snow was over her boots and she felt stranded by the front step. I carried her to the car, warmed it up and wiped the snow off. The snow was so heavy that my arms literally hurt from pushing it off the top of the car. There was at least 30 cm up there! Then I got in and put it in reverse. It backed out into the snow covered alley lickity split. I looked out my window at the crater in the snow where the car was once parked. I love our car. My first thought was to go fuel up because we were close to empty. The last thing I wanted to do was get stuck and run out of gas.

I got the children weighed and measured, finished their applications and we were on our way. I almost drowned driving through a few puddles on my way and lane changing was awful. We finally made it and I parked in the parkade downtown. It was hot and humid from all of the wet vehicles. I secured Hyrum in the snuggly and belted Camilla into the stroller. I think we were in and out in under an hour. It was awesome. The kids photo's didn't even get rejected (which they typically do). Even though it was such a short time Camilla pretty much exhausted the snack selection and Hyrum downed a bottle. As we were finishing up, Camilla got super antsy. Boots and socks were being thrown from the stroller and she really wanted to get out. She did good for the most part though. 

We made our way home safely and I parked in the garage. Spring is not going to trick me any more. After shoveling that heavy, wet snow I will be parking in the garage until Summer hits! I lugged both children to the front steps and reached for my keys, but they weren't there. I left them in the ignition and locked the garage door. This would be the second time in one week that I would have to break in to the house. Then I remembered that I had removed the house key to unlock the garage and it was in my pocket. Hooray! I wasn't looking forward to crawling through a window again.

I made up some dough for bagels and then snuggled Hyrum to sleep. The poor kid was so overtired, there was no way he was going to fall asleep on his own today. I definitely didn't mind the extra cuddles. While he is snoozing, Camilla and I are off to make a giant batch of cookies!