“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” -John Steinbeck
The winter in Ithaca has been a horrible one. I may have a distorted memory of last year since I rarely went outside with my baby, but this year it's like I am living in a vortex of perpetual frost. Until today, I had almost accepted the fact that this was my day to day life. I was getting used to it. I started to think it may not be that bad...
People..I WAS STARTING TO THINK -10 DEGREES WASN'T BAD.
I heard on the radio that this winter is the coldest winter in over 100 years. I'm not sure if I feel honored to have experienced it, but I do feel mildly insane.
Then today happened... well, technically it started yesterday, but whatever... it got to 54 degrees.
54... 54.
I wore flip flops. If there isn't snow on the ground and it's above 50, the flip flops come out.
we. played. outside.
Amelia wore a light jacket and was absolutely flabbergasted as to why it didn't have a hood, and why on earth she wasn't wearing socks in her shoes.. She also wore caprees and kept trying to pull them down. Poor Girl. Ithaca is really getting to her, too.
Luckily for us, she won't be confused much longer and freezing will again become our new norm. Between tomorrow and Thurdsay we are supposedly getting 10+ inches of snow. For a minute there I thought we were coming out of this wasteland, but alas, we are not.
We have been doing a lot of indoor activities, but I am so not a craft mom. I will do it if it easy, not too messy, and she can do it herself after a few tutorials. Because of this, we have been frequent visitors to the science center, which she calls Duckies, and the bounce house at the mall, which is now called Slides.
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| Attempting to go outside |
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| The perfect Scarf from Aunt Katie |
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| Bounce House aka Slides |
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| Practicing motherhood |
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| My newest anxiety |
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| A Lot of Baths.. pretending we are in the Bahamas with blue water |
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| I promise I'm not making her a child slave! She enjoys it... Probably a side effect of this winter. |
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| Went to Frozen! |
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| More Slides |
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| Dressing herself |
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| Going NightNight in her ball pit |
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| Sledding indoors.. much better |
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| Making Valentines |
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| A lot of Barnes N Noble trips |
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| Naked Forts |
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| Learning New Tricks |
I am really hoping for a better April. (because Amelia will be turning 2.. and I want a Park Birthday Party.)
Your daughter is soooo CUTE! I would die in that weather, seriously. I think TX was a good decision for us. Lastly, I have a friend that has been blogging about mommy play. Most of her ideas seem good and not overly crafty. Here is the link, http://mandyandbraden.blogspot.com/search/label/30%20days%20of%20mommy%20play maybe you can find some ideas. Not sure if Amelia is old enough to do some of the things, but it looks fun.
ReplyDeleteOh thank you Halie! I wish you would blog some more! We want to know what's going on!
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