DECORATING THE TREE

Although we still had not heard whether or not Mimi has school tommorrow, more than likely mom thinks the school will be closed therefore Mimi is able to stay up late and help her dad decorate the tree. Dad bought the tree last Saturday but everytime he and Mimi wanted to decorate, we had power outages! Good gracious!!!

SCHOOL CLOSURES

We just recieved a phone call from the school district and it was announced that more than likely the schools in western Washington will be closed again tommorrow due to the snow storm that will be ready to hit us around midnight tonight. The weatherman says that it will most likely last until Christmas and that this is the worst snow storm to hit us in a decade. The sad part about this whole ordeal is Mimi's school trip has been cancelled. Not sure if she will have school that day or not. Her class was scheduled to go on the field trip Thursday and the morning kindergarteners were scheduled for Friday. Now everything is on a day to day basis that is until this weekend which is the beginning for Christmas vacation.

AFTER SCHOOL FUN

When school was over Blake came home with Mimi which is always ok with mom. Mimi likes having him over to the house too. They had loads of fun sledding down our driveway along with the rest of the kids in the neighborhood. There was Maddie and Marissa, Janae and Sidney, then Natalie. Elissan and Justin came out to have some fun too. Finally it was time to come in for some hot chocolate and doughnuts. Dad is on his way home with the Costco pizza. It's the best that we have around here in this part of western Washington. After dinner he and Mimi will most likely decorate the tree if the power does not go out again. Mimi loves doing things with her dad these days.

A CHRISTMAS STORY.......

At least in our story Mimi is able to put her arms down however she is still layered with clothes such as undershirt, long sleeved shirt, stocking, pants, scarf, jacket, hat, gloves and fleece lined snow boots.

ICEY ROADS

School was closed for yesterday due to the icey roads. Mom thought that she would take a chance and drive Mimi to see Ms. Celia for her piano lessons only because Ms. Celia lives so close to us and the main highways were not too bad at 10:00 in the morning. Mom was a little scared about driving up the hill that leads to Ms. Celia's driveway. She drove slow and steady and things were fine. When we arrived at the house, David (spouse) was just finishing shoveling their long, long driveway which also is on a slight slope. So therefore he had mom park at the end of the driveway and we walked all the way down to the house because it was not safe to drive on as of yet.

Since our next snowfall is not due till late tonight and early tommorrow, mom thought that she would take the opportunity after the lesson was over and go down to the local supermarket and get some groceries. The parking lot was like an ice rink. Thank goodness I was able to get the shopping done. Mimi and mom finally made it home safe and sound. Mimi then went to play with Erin for the rest of the afternoon. No snowfall but there is still snow on the ground and man is it freezing outside!

The picture is of our street and the school field behind our house. You can clearly see the blanket of snow between the trees. I still wish I had a dime for all those who told me how much it rains up here. Although it does rain more than southern California, we do have gorgeous summers and picturesque Christmases.