335 Winter Weather Advisory

Technically that is true. We had some "winter weather" just not to the extreme it was predicted. Apparently the bad stuff passed a little further north of us, and all we got was a few flurries and some sleet.

They canceled school (big surprise) on Friday. The snow didn't start until after 9, and it ended well before school would have been out. That is fine though, one less day to realize I didn't leave enough time to defrost the windshield. I was all set to roll over and snuggle under the covers, but Katie was so excited that they canceled school that her joy woke up Connor.

Once again there wasn't even enough of the white stuff to make taking pictures a fun thing. This is what the deck looked like after Friday's winter weather. Sad .....

I will say, this is one of the rare times when I am so glad that our house is not surrounded by old-growth trees. The creaking of the trees in the park was pretty to listen to, but it would have been quite scary over our heads!

The next day I was looking out the window and saw the flag that is behind the intermediate school. And it made me so sad, and slightly angry, that they had left it out during the storm.
The kids did get out and play on Saturday. Slipping and sliding on the ice. Playing hide and seek, and generally trying my nerves. I was just waiting for the slip and smack ... We managed to avoid concussions for one more day!!

(knock on wood ... who am I kidding? I knocked on my head)Yeah ... I tried to tell them not to eat the ice, but they have never listened to me before. At least it wasn't yellow ;) And on Sunday out came the SUN ... and the world melted. The sun shining through the ice was spectacular! There was no way to capture it perfectly .... so gorgeous!

207 SOOC Saturday

It is Straight Out Of Camera Saturday (or Sunday) again over at Slurping Life! And because I appreciate being forced to NOT edit a photo I am joinging in for the second time. It takes someone twisting my arm to not automatically throw a picture into my Photoshop, but I guess I can give up control for one day.

Today was an outdoors kinda day. It was a bit of a surprise since the forecast was for thunderstorms throughout the day. Connor walks to the back door as soon as he can, begging to go outside. The rain would not have stopped him (and later in the day it DID NOT stop him). But, that is beside the point ... other than a shower before we woke up the day stayed pretty nice until 5pm. And of course, the camera came into the backyard with me. Katie had a few friends over and they were running around like wild things UNTIL ... they saw this guy.

Gross! I just realized it looks like he is sitting on a tongue! *shudder* Rest assured, he is just on the door to Katie's playhouse.

It does not matter how many times you tell a 6 year old girl that a grasshopper can't hurt her, she will still run screaming. I had the pleasure of THREE six year old girls squealing. To be fair, this guy does look pretty nasty! When I tried to shoo him away from the playhouse he took a flying leap and I lost him for a moment (much to the horror of the girls), but he was found hanging out in the tree. Beautiful, in that creepy crawly way that bugs have.

I mean ... EWWW! Check out the way his back foot is holding on to that leaf!

I'm glad I couldn't catch him to move him!

And what would a post be without a picture of a dandelion? So, here is one SOOC.

My Wish for Today:

Enjoy things the way they are, not how you think they should be.

Appreciate the natural beauty of the world around you!