After the snow: PM

Of course, Isaac wanted to go outside...

After the snow: AM

Here's what it looked like the morning after...

First MAJOR Snowfall

November 4, 9:41pm

After dinner delight

After supper tonight, Isaac and I had a little fun. We were having dessert, and, having finished his, Isaac decided to come over and try to steal some of mine. Curtis had his camera handy, and took a few photos of us. I liked this one the best. (By the way, I did let Isaac 'steal' a little.)

Isaac and his monster trucks

Here'san example of the fun that Isaac has with his monster trucks. Just yesterday he earned enough (through doing jobs around the house) to get another one. But these photos were taken a week or so ago, and so the new one didn't make it in.

Our amazing son

At the risk of sounding like I'm bragging, I wanted to share something that made Curtis and I very proud. Tonight I got out Isaac's Leapfrog "Word Whammer" game because I'd mentioned it to his teacher at the parent/teacher interview on Thursday night as one of the reasons he knows his letters and the sounds they make. She had commented on how smart he is, that he can already read and sound out a bunch of words in class. (There are some areas that he needs to work on, but this is one he does very well in). I told his teacher that I'd send it with Isaac to his next class, so we got it out - he hadn't played with it in quite awhile, so I had to put new batteries in it - and then we started making words. The game helps kids make three letter words, either by giving them words to spell, or allowing them to put letters together to make their own words. After awhile, I decided to write down the different words we were making. I don't know if I remembered them all, but there were about 40 words that he spelled, either completely on his own, or by my suggesting different letters to substitute for the ones he had, or asking "how do you spell...?". It was so fun to see the excitement of learning and accomplishment on his face! He even had fun telling me (or asking me) what the different words meant, and made a couple of four letter words beside the game.

The last couple of days I took it very easy, having worked 6 shifts in the previous 5 days. I could have worked more overtime, but decided to exercise my right to say no, and spend time with Curtis and Isaac. While I feel bad for the staff who had to work short-handed or do overtime shifts themselves, I realized that if I didn't make time to rest (which is biblical), I would get run down and sick and not be good for anyone. I'm glad I did. Hopefully they will hire more staff soon, and there won't be such a shortage of able-bodied workers!

Wet

Well the snow from a few days ago was just a teaser I guess. It came and went in a matter of hours. And here, six days hence, it hasn't returned. Although it has been raining quite a lot, and we can see the snow level slowly come down the mountain, especially on the ski runs. So I'm thinking that it, meaning REAL SNOW, will come sooner rather than later. But who knows. Only being here one winter season thus far doesn't really give us much to go on as far as what's typical.