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Ugh...so here I sit with my 3 kiddos at home, yet another snow day this school year. This is our 7th or 8th one...I think. I lost count a little while back! This time it is due to freezing rain that fell during the night, so definitely warranted, however. Hopefully it will warm up just a bit today and start melting some of this ice so that we can try to escape the house today. I guess I can't complain too much about the winter we are having this year. We were blessed with 50 degree weather in December, which is practically unheard of for Michigan! It has definitely made up for lost time in the new year though; ice, snow, subzero temperatures one week, followed by 40 degree days the next week...Mother Nature is hitting us with it all!
The hardest part about no school snow days is that it gets more and more difficult to find something to entertain the kids while we are stuck indoors, especially trying to find something for them to do that they will ALL get along! We are at an age gap between the 3 that is becoming a little more challenging. My oldest are 11, and they are transitioning out of the toy stage and into iPods and music and reading more books, whereas my youngest, who just turned 5 in December, just wants to play with them all the time. He really wants to be just like his big brother, which of course annoys big brother to no end. I am the oldest sibling, so I completely get the annoyance factor that they are feeling with their brother, but it is still exhausting diffusing silly arguments day after day after day; "He won't get off of me!", "I just want to read alone!", "He won't play with me!". Sigh.... I know that one day this will pass and they will be the best of friends, I just need some extra patience for the time being. That, and an appointment to get my hair colored to hide some of the grays that are popping up! 😄
