Wednesday - Day 18, Snow Day

I woke up this morning and looked outside and saw no snow on the ground, so I went to check the website just to be sure, and school was cancelled! Mom, had messaged me telling me also, so I told the kids to sleep in, and we decided that it was going to be Liz who stayed home until the babysitter would come, so, she calls, and Jessica and Amy didn't answer, so time goes by, and I start to feel sick at work, (thanks mom for Jinxing me) well, I get all my work done and go home at noon, so Liz decides to go to work to get stuff done, the roads are perfect and Im sure that her boss wasn't thrilled that she was taking a snow day on a day with no snow, so, we start watching the Andromeda Strain, which I guess there is a new one out and Katie and Jon have seen it, it was rated G so I figured it was safe, hard to believe how many people smoke in that movie and where they smoke (like in a lab), oh, and luckily there were no boys in the room at the moment they showed nudity on the TV, rated G and topless woman, never heard of such a thing, so we get about 1/4th through the movie and everybody is bored with it so, we started playing Guitar Hero, then it actually started to snow, a lot, we got about 4 inches in 4 hours, Im thinking that its going to be another snow day tomorrow too. Liz made it home okay, and we got the kids to bed okay, Veronica kept waking up and saying that she was having nightmares about diseases, from the movie Im sure, but she was so in and out that I doubt she got that from the movie, Liz went in to comfort her and Liz thinks that her problem is really that she doesnt like to sleep alone, missing Mariana and you, she has been awake until around 9 almost every night.

Tuesday, Day 17 - Preparing for the big storm...

Pretty good morning this morning, even though it was 14 degrees standing out waiting for the bus, Liz says the little kids were good, even though Jacob tried to test her this morning but he stopped, After work, I got home about 5:30, Amy was here feeding the kids, she stayed a while until about 6:30, then I got the little kids to bed, Jesse has had this flap of skin on his big toe for the past few days so I decided to cut it off, I got most of it, while he was screaming in terror, then he decided to throw a fit, so I shut his door, after a while of screaming, I went in with the scissors in hand and told him if he isnt quiet I will cut the rest of his toe off, meaning the flap of skin but I think he got the point, he quickly quieted down, before this Jacob was a little defiant when I told him it was bed time, so I escorted him to bed, where he started crying, I think he is missing his mommy more and more, but I kept reminding him that she would be home soon. Well, its supposed to start snowing at 3AM here, supposed to get 3-7 inches in the next couple of days, our pipes at our house are starting to freeze, and our fridge stopped working, hope its just the breaker, Liz says its colder in our house than it is outside. I've only been there 2 times this month. The temp is supposed to stay below freezing until monday, when it hits a high of 33 degrees! I either hope it snows a tiny bit or a whole lot, so the kids either go to school or I get a day off work too.

Monday - Day 16, Shop till I drop

Well, today I woke up and it was cold, they kids all had a late start by 60(big kids) and 90 minutes, so, I let Liz sleep in a little and I took care of most of the work for the morning since I had the day off, I see why Liz says its a handful, nothing major happened, its just a bit more work than the big kids, Jesse decided to throw a fit 1 minute before we were leaving, so I chased him in his room and told him sternly we don't have time for this, that changed his attitude quickly, amazingly, then Jacob decided to play with the lights to see if it would bother me as much as it bothers Liz, I ignored it for a bit and said Jacob big kids don't do that, do you want to be a big kid soon? and since that worked I used it the rest of the morning. After that I was off to work, yes, on my day off, I had to go in and dose 3 animals, a whole 15 minutes of work if that, but it had to be done by me, so I did it. But when I started the van, I had left the windshield wipers on when I turned it off on Friday after work, so the ice on the windshield proceeded to sheer off the blade on the wiper, no worries it was a cheap replacement, just a pain getting those fan dangled things off the car. Then I spent the rest of the day shopping, from about 11am to 10pm and boy do my legs hurt. I walked the Alderwood mall, twice, not t mention all the other stores I went to, and back to, but now I am about 90% done with Christmas shopping. I guess I'm not the stereotypical guy who can shop for 24 relatives in 24 minutes on Dec. 24th.

Sunday, Day 15 - Sasafras is coming for Missmas!

Well, this morning The kids woke me up, and my headache was back, but it went away quickly, so, I sent the big kids back to bed, They are testing more and more as the days go by, so the past 3 days Ive just turned into a real stickler for the rules, which is working well, sometimes I even think I sound like real jerk, but they want to test me, and no one messes with me, NO ONE! just kidding. Anyway, after their punishments, I let them out at about 9:30. They immediately went outside. Leslie, Veronica, and Makayla were already outside. After they came in and had some hot chocolate, we watched Annie, and then had lunch, we put Jesse down for a nap, and Jacob too. I had Leslie watching Makayla and Veronica in the garage. Then I had the big kids help me get all the Christmas tree stuff out of the shed, we left a lot of the other decorations though. After the tree was up and the lights were on I woke up Jesse and got Jacob and the girls up to decorate, They used almost all the ornimants, so its a "busy" tree, I made sure they didnt put any flashing lights on there. While the little kids and Leslie, were decorating the tree, the big kids put up some lights on the porch. Then we played some Guitar Hero, until I had to take Makayla home, the side streets are pretty icy, its worse in Everett, their side streets are like sheets of ice. But I made it home safely, its going to slow me down when I go shopping tomorrow though, but Im sure Ill get a lot done.

Saturday, Day 14 - Snow!

Well, this morning went well, I made some breakfast burritos and the kids really liked them, Then we got the phone call from mom, and Grandpa came to pick up the mail, after that the kids finished their chores, and we started a movie marathon, we watched The Neverending Story, which the kids really liked, then had lunch. Then we watch The Neverending Story II, which the kids also liked, and after that we watched the 12 dogs of Christmas, which I had a bad headache through and went to lay down so Im not sure how good the movie was, Liz watched it with the kids, and then it started to snow lightly, it picked up a bit more after watching Christmas at Yellowstone. After dinner we played some Rock Band, and jammed out until bed time, the kids are getting really good, and they are pretty good about switching off fairly. By bed time it had snowed about an inch and a half to and inch, Adam wants to go measure it in the morning. As of right now there is a good covering all over and its still snowing pretty good.

Friday - Day 13, Not Friday the 13th

The kids were good this morning, even Jesse and Jacob. I we had Amy come babysit tonight so, we didnt get to see the kids after school. Im pretty tired so thats all I have to say tonight.

Thursday, Day 12 - Blah, Blah, Blog...

Today went good. No major problems in the morning, or in the afternoon, however when we got here Jacob was put to bed by Jessica for pushing and scratching, and Jesse was in his room for acting out. The rest of the kids were being very loud, it was a full moon. I got declined for the surgery position today, they were hiring someone with more experience. But they told me that they were hoping for another position to open up in the near future. We may get a chance to use the generator this weekend, there is supposed to be 60 mile an hour winds, and snow.