Snowmageddon! Brrr.....

Well, the DC area had a whopping 30 inches of snow this weekend, starting Friday. We were prepared with extra food and enough toilet paper--and for being inside a lot with new stickers and art projects, but I can't say we were prepared to wake up on Saturday to...no electricity. It went off around 3am and when Addie woke up for the day at 5:45am we had to convince her to stay in our bed with us until the sun came up. Most normal kids are dying to crawl into their parents bed, right? No...she whined...we convinced her to stay by telling her stories--no extra sleep for us :) So we got up and were all in good spirits. We still had water (hot!) and we have a gas stove, so we were able to cook. Hot meals, hot showers....this wouldn't be too bad, right?

This is the view of our backyard after the snow stopped. To compare, here's a picture from the "Snowpocalypse" post from December.


We started off the day with a picnic breakfast in the living room

And while Steve did round one of shoveling while the snow was still coming down...

....Addie and I worked on making valentines


When Steve came back, he and Addie played in a fort
Check out that cool shadow puppet! And we just bundled up and tried to keep busy.

At around 3pm, I checked the temp and saw it was a balmy 56 degrees...not that bad, but not ideal, we definitely were all wearing several layers to keep warm, and then just before 3:30...the electricity came back on!



So we got confident, hey, we're in the clear! We got our electricity back! Woohoo! So we started to bake apple oatmeal cookies. Addie got all geared up in her apron and chef's hat.


Making sure the baby is warm and happy


And we did the dishes after we were done and I was cooking dinner.

But alas, right when we were finishing up dinner....the electricity went off again around 6:30pm :( Here is Addie wearing the hat she was going to go to sleep in.


And after she went to bed, Steve and I played Scrabble by candlelight. Very romantic :)

For the record...I won ;)

In the morning...luckily a bit later of a wakeup (6:15p) but still no electricity :(

And the house was much colder

Eating breakfast in hats and layers of fleece is fun, right?

Thank goodness our portable DVD player we have for long car rides had about 30 minutes of battery power in it...We tucked a blanket over Addie and she watched some Curious George DVDs.

Not many pics from the rest of the day because...well...we were too cold to care. We waited and waited for the electricity to come back on. While Steve was outside scoping out the situation, a neighbor told him that we weren't supposed to get it back until...Tuesday (it was currently Sunday afternoon) so despite the news of terrible road conditions, we moved Addie's carseat from the Prius to the Outback which has All Wheel Drive and set off for Gaga's house in Alexandria. It took double the time to get there, and there was a good deal of slipping and sliding and cursing of the plows (or lack thereof), but we made it safe and sound....and it was warm! And Gaga is a wonderful cook, so we had a fabulous meal and Addie got to sleep in Uncle Dan's old room and Steve got to watch the Super Bowl on Gaga's flat screen TV. All was right with the world.

In the morning, Gaga had to go to work, but Steve's office was closed so we hung around the apartment. Addie found all sorts of interesting toys at Gaga's house, her favorite being a magnifying glass


"Eye" see you ;)

And about 30 minutes before Addie's regular nap time, we got an automated call from Pepco saying our power was back! We put Addie down at Gaga's and we took naps also, then packed up and headed home hoping that our street would be plowed. The roads were a little bit better, but definitely far from perfect and we got home safe and sound...to a warm house!


So you see all this snow? Yeah, we're supposed to get anywhere from 10-20 inches starting tonight. I wonder what it's going to look like on top of all of this?
So to all our blog readers, PLEASE cross your fingers, send warm thoughts, or say a prayer that our electricity stays on this time around.