We were back into the cold weather and a lot of snow this week. They're talking about flooding in North Dakota which means we might be in for it in a couple of weeks. On Wednesday I had to go to meet my accountant so despite the horrible weather I dropped Sarah off at Miss Janet's house and made the trek downtown. It normally takes about 15-20 minutes and it took me almost an hour to get there.
On Thursday I decided we weren't going anywhere. There was so much snow and the wind was so strong that the drifting was such that it just wasn't safe to drive unless I had to, and I didn't. Sarah and I walked over to Lisa and Sophia's and had a play date instead. It took me the better part of 1 1/2 hours to shovel that day!
On Friday I still didn't want to drive, although it was sunny, not very windy and the roads were better, so Sarah and I walked to Safeway instead to buy milk. Here are some pictures of Sarah all decked out in her snow outfit for posterity sake.
Dale shoveled the back deck on Friday afternoon when he got home from work. I was just too tired to shovel anymore! We had to get the deck done because the snow was covering the back door...leaving only one exit in case of fire.
Sarah, like all kids, loves to eat snow...her Daddy taught her that trick. Here she is eating snow that came in from the back deck.
More snow in two or three days than we got all year it seems like!
On Saturday morning I ran a bunch of errands while Dale and Sarah went to Fort Whyte. Apparently she loves walking in the woods (out of the wind) and watching the birds. I found a bean bag chair at Home Sense that will be just perfect for Sarah's room. We're going to move the big chair out of her room and into the baby's room when we're closer to the due date. Sarah really likes the chair!
A couple of goofs being goofy - Sarah's wearing Dale's Air Force hat (which fits her head believe it or not!
Sarah loves all things to do with machinery - diggers, tractors, etc...that should warm her Bummpa's heart! Here she is reading the book inside Johnny Tractor (a John Deere, of course) which was a gift from Nana and Bummpa last year.
On Saturday night Dale and I did a major re-sort of all the bins of stuff that we have hanging around the house. We reorganised the closet in the guest room, took all the stuff out of the room that will become the new baby's, threw out a bunch of stuff and generally spent 3 hours working very hard and the result is great - far fewer things in a smaller area and empty totes! We should have done that sorting job before we left Nova Scotia, but when you're not moving yourself its hard to get the incentive to throw things out. Having a new baby and needing more room was the incentive we needed, I guess. Now the baby room is pretty much organised - it's already painted (blue) and we're going with a boat theme. I know - we're in the middle of the prairies so we should be doing something to do with tractors and crops, but we're bucking the trend. Besides, boat aren't gender specific.
