Snow Day

Well my kids plotted another night of no sleep for mom last night.  I was up occasionally throughout the night, and then up for good around 5am.  Christian would not fall back asleep, and I was rapidly running out of ideas.  Finally, after he begged me to let him sleep with his sister, we both crawled in bed with her.  Of course, this plan did not work, and I ended up with two children awake instead of just one. 

Luckily, Tessie woke up happy, and tried sweetly to soothe her little brother.  After giving up on trying to get them back to sleep, I turned all three of us around on the bed so they could see the TV, and put on some cartoons.  They both were instantly happy, but I was still holding a grudge about not getting to go back to sleep.  When I woke up at five I had glanced out the window, hoping to see the snow we promised Tes.  Nothing.  It added to my sour mood.  Now at 6:30, I again looked outside, this time to see the ground covered in a white blanket, and it was still snowing.

My mood was instantly better, and I jumped out of bed to yank the curtains back.  “Look guys, snow!” I proclaimed as the kids turned their heads towards the window and then broke out in smiles.  I was no longer mad about being up early, instead I was all of a sudden in a great mood.  I made a pot of coffee, and happily watched cartoons with the kids.  We talked about what we could do in the snow, and how excited we were to go outside.  My whole morning was turned around thanks to the fresh layer of powdery snow, and that was a beautiful thing.