Grab the Tent!

Today marks the one year anniversary of our third day without power during the Ice Storm 2009 in southeast Missouri. Yes I remember that well... 9 months pregnant, 2 young boys, very cold temps, and no power in an all electric heated/appliances house. We were only without power for 9 days! Did I mention that I was just a couple of weeks away from greeting TanMan into the world? Yeah... Never to be forgotten. Obviously we weathered through just fine, thanks to our family survival skills (otherwise known as having as many camping gadgets as possible.)

It was an incredible sight. A once in a lifetime experience. (At least I hope.)
Mother Nature has also decided to bless us with a deja vu moment again this year. "Winter Storm of 2010." Predicted up to 7 inches of snow. Whew! Batten down the hatches. (After being this far south for 14 years, I still have a tough time getting used to how a little snow can have a big impact.) School's out! Not a snowflake to be seen this morning at 6:00 when the call came from the school, but still a snow day "due to the approaching storm." By noon there was starting to be some accumulation, and still more is anticipated through the night. We will see what morning finally brings. The boys will be sooooo excited to get outside to play for a while. I will be so excited to get them out of my hair, I mean out of the house for a while. You know, excited for them to get to play in the snow...

O.k. What about the tent?


What better thing to do on a snowless snowday morning than set up camp!?!?! Watch and wait, the snow will come. In the meantime... We grabbed the teepee and a tunnel. The entertainment began. Boys were occupied for a good while. TanMan was not sure what to think about his brothers disappearing into the tunnel at first. Made him fuss and cry til they came back out. He did hang out in the teepee for a while and finally got brave enough to go through the tunnel over and over and over.


The teepee and tunnel are put away now. All good things must come to an end. Especially when tunnels stand in the air and knock brothers over causing tears. OOPS! Tomorrow will bring new laughs and new tears.