I was so thrilled for January to end. We had sickness literally the whole month. There were no holidays or breaks from school, other than the sick days we had to take to stay with the kids or for ourselves…okay, just me. Somehow, Shannon escaped the rest of the sicknesses once he recovered. The weather was bleak with snow and cold days.
Then came February. A welcomed new month. A chance for healing and health. A couple of holidays to break up the monotony of winter. But all we got was more of the same, only more intense so far. More snow, more sickness (from both ends, and January’s sicknesses didn’t involve bodily fluids coming out), more coldness.
However, despite all this, I am choosing to remain thankful. Thankful that the sicknesses we have are only temporary and not life threatening. Thankful that we are all together. Thankful there is a ‘we’ to our family. Thankful we have a nice warm house. Thankful I have a garage that keeps the snow off my car and makes for an easy leave in the morning. Thankful I even have a driveway to shovel. I could go on and on. 🙂
So, to survive this new month, we’re still going to have fun in between snows and sickness. Shannon went down to Texas for a quick visit with his dad. While he was gone, we got 5 inches of snow. Probably more, but I’ll stick to the official report. So Mac and I set out to shovel the drive. Now, while I usually start the shoveling process each snow, I usually only get a few passes done and then almost collapse in exhaustion and Shannon finishes for me. So, imagine the pride I feel when I see what I did.
Mac helped me do it. I can’t believe he stuck it out the whole time, shoveling away.
And this snow was much better for snow angels, as opposed to the ice snow we got last week.
Mac is determined to build a snowman. I do not know how to do it. I also do not know how to plan it on the ‘right-kind-of-snow day’. Every time I have tried, the snow isn’t ‘stickable’ snow. So, here is our latest attempt:
Look closely. You'll see three 'areas'. Is that the right word?
Then Grandpa Neukomm invited us to Jupiters Saturday afternoon. The boys got to play arcade games, go bowling and do a little air hockey. Mac can explain how the air hockey table works in great detail, if you’re ever interested. 🙂
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