They must be kidding...

School closure update...all OKC metro schools will be closed again tomorrow.

ARGHH!!!!

Ice Day!

Here in Oklahoma, a "snow day" would be a very rare event, but the last 3 winters the kids have all had days off from school because of ice storms. We missed the last two years - with very lucky timing we happened to be on vacation for both big storms. This 2009 Ice Storm wasn't bad at all compared to those - we never lost power or had any broken tree limbs. Just enough ice to make roads too slippery to drive. So the boys had yesterday and today off from school - here's some of what we did to keep busy:

Finger painting! This was Sarah's choice for her "fun thing". (They each got to pick one activity to make top priority for the day - James had me read aloud from Harry Potter and Eli had us all play a game of Life.) Overheard from the big boys about fingerpainting : "This is alot more fun than I thought it would be!"

Bundled up to go outside. Mama said no to going out and risking life and limb all morning. When Daddy got home in the afternoon they all rushed to him, begging to go outside. He of course said Yes. Thankfully no broken bones, or even sore tushies from falls.

Hot chocolate with marshmallows... Check out those rosy frozen cheeks!

On tap for today...movies and rice krispie treats. Please re-open school for tomorrow!

Holiday photos

Not really a holiday... just fun in the fall leaves.

Halloween - a pirate, a fairy princess, and Abe Lincoln (it nicely coincided with a dress-up biography book report project)

Election Day - our lonely Obama sign in a sea of McCain signs (McCain won here by the largest margin of any other state) For numerous reasons, it's a good thing Oklahoma is not representative of the whole country!

Thanksgiving with our very own little turkey :)

The lego airplane that James had most wanted for Hannukah. As soon as he got it he spent 3 hours in his room putting it together.

The play kitchen Santa brought for Sarah (we imagine it took Santa 4 hours to put together using the 200 multi-colored screws...thank goodness Santa had to do it, not us) Sarah happily creates all sorts of gourmet meals for us. The most memorable has been her "pink tunafish icecream". YUM!