It has been 132 days since I last went to work, but I got the call last week that the Bureaucracy had determined that I could return to work on today. I spent all day yesterday getting my lesson plan in order and getting myself mentally prepared to go back to teaching. We knew that there was some freezing rain coming last night, but the school district had been a little more brave this year, and so at the worst I figured that we would have a two hour delay in the morning. I woke up at 6:20 and checked the school website, and sure enough it was a 2-hour delay. So back to bed I went (because you will get no better sleep than the 2 hours you get when school is delayed) and 2 hours later we all got up and ready for the day. As we were almost getting ready to leave I decided to check and see if I had any email or anything, so I went back to the school district webpage to log in. I was very surprised to see that the school status had been updated, and all schools had been canceled! So my lesson plans are done and the boy and I are stuck inside all day (It is one giant sheet of ice outside), but it is Tuesday...see how that works? Oh well, my sister Carisa updates her blog every Wednesday with her "Wednesdays with Weston," so maybe I will just start "Maintenance Tuesday" updates!
So we have been taking turns getting sick at our house, Beki is finally getting better, but that meant this last week has been my turn to feel miserable. While I was stuck inside drinking juice, Owen and Beki got to go play in the little bit of snow that we got last week. (I apologize for the blueness, I was inside taking pictures through the window!)
Beki was giving the boy a lesson on using the Snow Shovel (This is come in handy later)
Sure, you can ride your bike in the snow!
They were going to build a Snowman, but there really wasn't enough snow, so they used buckets to make a little snow wall. (The flames you see are the reflection from the nice fire I had inside waiting for them.)
Owen found his own bucket and doubled their production!
And of course, the best part about building a snow wall is smashing it!
Not sure if he was about to sneeze or what...
A was a little late to catch the boy throwing a snowball at Beki, but check out the size of the one she is about to throw at the boy! That's right, we don't take it easy on the boy!
"Take That Mommy!!!"
With Beki feeling better, she decided to clean the house a bit, which involved vacuuming. Owen is kind of like a small dog when it comes to the vacuum...he hides!
Taking refuge in the closet...
And he found something to play with, I'm sure it is something disgusting...
It has been a while since the boy has walked around the house with the colander on his head.
Space Captain Owen!!
And while we are on funny things that the boy does, check this out! As the title says, just wait until you see the move he does 15 seconds in!
Lastly, the boy got a Piggy Bank at Targets after Christmas sale, and so he has become very interested in coins, and especially putting them into his piggy bank.
He found some pennies in my old childhood bank that was in his room for some reason.
They have been assimilated!!!
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