Lots of Snow and No Power!

Jace
Sunday morning, we woke up to lots of snow and no power! I was so excited to go play in it,  but we waited until after breakfast. Mama cooked pancakes on top of our woodstove!  While we were getting our snow clothes on we heard a loud crash and looked outside to see that a tree had fallen and hit part of our wood shed. Another tree had fallen out by the pole barn before daddy went to work. The neighbor came down to check on us and had to borrow daddy's saw to cut two more trees out of the driveway. Mama pulled us around on the sled for a bit until we heard more trees fall down by the creek,  then mama said it was too dangerous and we went inside for hot cocoa.  We read lots of books by the window for light and stacked blocks. Mama let our neighbors borrow the generator and some firewood.  She had our woodstove going good, so we were nice and toasty. Still no power when it started to get dark, so I used my Spiderman flashlight that our neighbor Phil gave me. The next morning we had candles lit to have breakfast and we went to workout and swim. Mama showered with me after swim because we still didn't have power. Daddy got our generator back to plug in the refrigerator and freezer. Another night without power, but it came back on the next morning. We had lots of chores to catch up on like dishes and laundry after we got home from workout. Mama let us watch a barney show so she could get them done. On Wednesday, I got my flu shot and was so brave. I watched the nurse do it and didn't flinch, when she finished, I looked at her and said "that didn't even hurt". Mama got me a steamer for being tough. Bella and I painted pasta to make some pretty necklaces for lala and grandma. Daddy and mama worked on projects at the house inside and out before bampa and lala came on Friday. I was excited to see them and played with them until bed. The next day we opened our Christmas presents that they brought us. I got lots of cars, a track to race them on, legos and batman pajamas. We set up the track and raced my cars, it was so cool. Bella got Hand, Foot and Mouth virus so daddy stayed home with her while bampa, lala, mama and I went to church service. I went into the adult church and sang with all of the big kids. I remembered all of the words and the hand motions and had a lot of fun. We went out for dinner and went to bed as soon as we got home. Bampa and lala left a little after daddy left for work the next morning. I was sad to see them leave and told mama I wanted them to stay.

Bella
I was excited to see the snow outside and pointed and kept repeating "wow". It was the perfect day for me because I had all of mama's attention and she read books to us most of the day. I'm getting really good at stacking the mega blocks and legos with Jace. I had fun at workouts this week playing with the barn and animals they have there. I played with the toys in the waiting area at the Dr office on Wednesday, and later got a nasty virus:( I had so much fun painting the pasta red for the necklaces Jace helped me make. I was super excited to see bampa and lala when they came, but started screaming and crying at bath time because I had sores all over my bum from the virus. I cried every hour all night even after mama gave me Tylenol. I woke up the next morning with sores all around my mouth and even more on my bum. I was miserable and didn't eat much either. I was very excited to open my presents from bampa and lala though. They bought me lots of fun legos and some even make castles! Lala made me a pretty dress and leggings and got me some Christmas pajamas that have a tutu that I wanted to wear all of the time. I snuggled daddy the whole time everyone else was at church and was up most of the night again. I cried when lala left, and snuggled mama the rest of the day.