I Have No Catchy Title, But I Have A Cute Kid!

Oh, this week. I'm glad this week is over. And I'm glad it ended on such a high note. "Hellooooooo, Snow!" (Please be sure to hear that with the voices of the Yakko and Wakko from Animaniacs.)

To explain this week, I'm only backing up to Wednesday. Why? I don't remember anything that happened further back (I'd say blame pregnancy brain, but I don't think it can be faulted this time).

Wednesday, this family had to get back on a schedule because Andrew was starting his student teaching! I like schedules, but it was still an adjustment.

Rin got a lot of coloring time in while I sang to music and did dishes and drank coffee. After that, she was already so tired that we just chilled on the couch until an early lunch.

Thursday, I decided to take Rin to find some warmer shoes that fit (apparently, she's a size 7!).

I quickly learned that taking a toddler (especially one who loves shoes) shopping is NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!!! Please pardon my language, but this momma about lost her shit by the end of the morning.

It's not that Rin was BAD. It's just that she was too excited to listen to me, so it took forever. But we ended up with some awesome boots that were less than $20.

Fortunately, Andrew was awesome and let me rest that evening because I was exhausted. He even took over reading duty.

Then came Friday (yesterday). I was still exhausted from Thursday. I had a plan of attach for the day that included picking up a few things from the store after my checkup, cleaning up the kitchen, and cooking a good dinner. HA!

This checkup should have taken 45 minutes (and that's if they were running 30 minutes late). HA!

We were there 2 hours. When we left, it was past lunch AND the beginning of nap time. So no store run. And I was exhausted from occupying a toddler with minimal toys/books for two hours, so no cleaning.

Time to pick Andrew up. It takes 40 minutes to get to his school. Crap, it's snowing. Well, Boone roads will be fine, Ashe should be fine too. HA!

I was almost in tears from stress and frustration by the time I got to the school. Andrew calmed me down and we left for home.

Hold on, it gets better...

And got in a minor, no-fault fender bender. Person in oncoming traffic started to brake because the person in front of her slowed down. She tail spinned. I lightly braked so I wouldn't hit her. I started to tailspin. Remembered at least to turn my wheel opposite the way I was spinning so I wouldn't completely lose control, but we were already too close and...bumper cars.

No one was hurt and there was just a little paint swap, so we all decided to just be on our way (after Andrew made sure that lady was okay and her car wasn't damaged).

Dinner plans changed because we didn't reach town until after 5. Dinner was still good, but stress levels were high and the night didn't end well.

But today!! Much better day. First off, "Helloooooo, Snow!" We had nowhere to be, amends had been made, and it was time for some lifted spirits!

We decided to bundle up and go play before the temperature started plummeting and the wind picked up. That story will be told in pictures:

Ummm....what is this stuff? 

Hey, this is cool!

Running to Mama!

She fell down. A lot. On purpose.

Checking out Mama's snow angel

Making her own snow angel!

She laughed a lot

She started burying herself in her blankets

Reading with Daddy

As you can see, she LOVED the snow! She fell down on purpose multiple times, and laughed and smiled the entire time. We were surprised she went inside without a fuss when we were only out there for maybe 20 minutes.

We spent the rest of the day under blankets and relaxing. I got to make the dinner I had planned to make yesterday and it was quite delicious!

Overall, this snow day was a much-needed light hearted day that was the perfect end to a crazy, exhausting week.

Stay warm and stay safe everyone!