Jan 23 ~ 2011

WoW did it snow...we shoveled last night & went to bed with the snow falling like crazy. This morning when we woke up it was as if we hadn't shoveled. Our crazy neighbors woke us at 6am so by 8am Doug, Espen & I were all dressed in the snow gear. It was -3 outside with some wind & cold but the sun was shining. The snow was so deep that Espen didn't see the stairs from the front door to the drive (about 4 stairs) and he just fell in! LAUGHING! It was ALOT of shoveling. I did my best to help & to watch Espen (who left gloves on for a little longer). It is not to bad because he LOVES the snow & he has an awesome snow suit!! About 45 minutes for Espen and his little hands finally got cold so I took him in & woke Anders to watch him. There was to much snow for Doug to shovel alone. Anders & Espen were watching out the window for a while, had a donut & then Anders got dressed & I went inside. They were out for another hour probably shoveling snow. IT IS ALOT.

After some inside time & some naps (everyone except Anders & I) we were outside again playing. We got the little hockey net & sticks out for Espen!! He had fun for a little while trying to figure it out! Then we took him sledding around the deep snow drifts in the yard!! His giggle could be heard all over the neighborhood!! He loved it!! The sun had drifted behind some clouds & it was MUCH colder out so we were all out for a shorter period of time... I tried to teach Espen to make a snow angel & what he took from my lesson was to throw himself back... ON THE CEMENT... luckily we were there to catch him. And somehow I managed to get dumped in the snow again!!!

And our boarder has managed to demonstrate his lack of consideration for anyone for yet another day... it is not workth even mentioning... he is who he is.

Tomorrow is another day... and Espen & I have a lovely week planned. We shall see how our "sickly" boarder fits into my plans since he is unable to drive... pain meds prohibit him from driving... he is at my mercy...