I’m still on the painfully slow road to recovery. Never in my life have I been so sick. And I hope to never be this way again. Fingers crossed, knock on wood, do a dance to the moon goddess under the stars. I honestly would not have managed without my mom staying with me this past week and so I send out the biggest thanks possible to her.
I know staying over at my house, taking care of the kids, cooking dinner, shopping, and cleaning made for an exhausting week for her, and I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. I don’t know how we could have survived the week without her.
Thank God for moms.
Thank God for my mom.
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Moving on…This is what a Vancouver snowfall looks like. All two centimeters of it.
The kids, of course, were overjoyed to see this tiny bit of white when they woke up this morning.
My son, apparently, was so overjoyed that he was unable to keep his eyes open for any of the pictures I took of him. No matter, you can get a sense of his excitement.
He spent a good hour or so rushing around the yard testing out what different activities are like in the snow: riding his bike in the snow; bouncing a ball in the snow; kicking a ball in the snow; playing in the sandbox in the snow; and, of course, eating copious handfuls of snow.
My daughter, on the other hand, was excited to see the snow and wanted to be in the snow, until she was actually outside. She’s still not a fan of the cold stuff. I have a feeling she’ll be moving south at her earliest convenience.
Maybe she’ll take me with her.
Too funny. Glad to hear you are feeling better.
LisaDay
LisaDay´s last [type] ..Some of This and Some of That
Thank you! My recovery is terribly slow, but at least it is a recovery.
Marilyn
Glad you’re recovering. Someone told me, when my kids were really little, that we don’t really appreciate our mothers until we become our mothers. That’s true for me, also depressing. I have boys. They will never BE mothers – will I never be appreciated, truly?
Nicole´s last [type] ..Saturday the Fourteenth, the Black Boot Edition
I totally agree about not appreciating your own mother until you’re a mom yourself. I know I never realized how difficult being a mom is until I was one. I think that it must be true for men too…though possibly not quite as marked. You’ll just have to continuously tell your boys that they should appreciate you SO MUCH.
Marilyn
Glad to hear you are on the road to recovery!
It’s funny how your mom NEVER stops being a mom – even when you are an adult yourself.. Thank God for that!
Totally! Being a mom is the hardest job ever. Guess that’s why we deserve nice gifts on Mother’s Day, eh?
Marilyn
Lilah and Em are very much on the same page…
Amanda´s last [type] ..Never Say Never
LOL. I tried to tell Em that it’s not really that cold out, but she was having none of it. This morning when she saw that the snow was still here, she asked to look at pictures of her on the beach. Guess our girls are warm weather folk.
Marilyn
Whoa. Brutal! The sickness not the snow (ha ha). Yes your daughter seems to be, um, quite bundled up. *lol*
harriet´s last [type] ..Never say never again
This sickness has been terrible, terrible. I spent a lot of time considering my demise. I hope this is the end of that.
Em is such a funny little kid. She’s so into the warm weather. Rain, snow, or anything not lovely and sunny is completely unacceptable to her.
Marilyn
I’m so sorry you have been so sick
I’m thinking of you <3
Wendy Irene´s last [type] ..A Return to Kindness
That’s so nice of you to say! Thank you.
Marilyn
I hope you’re fully recovered soon.
We got just slightly more snow here in the first dump on Friday night. Starting at 6:00am Saturday morning my daughter came and poked me every 15 minutes, asking if she could go out and play in it yet. So fun! Only, you know, not. I’m glad someone’s excited, at least.
Amber´s last [type] ..Siblings, Spoons and Spa Dates
It’s nice that 50% of my kids are stoked about the snow…though to be honest I’d be pretty jazzed to have an unseasonably warm front blow through right about now.
Marilyn
I maintain that you need a sabbatical in an all-inclusive resort someplace warm and without murderers. Maybe some sponsors could get you and Em out of here? I can’t even imagine how much worse it is to breathe in minus degrees when your lungs are compromised.
Heal up, buttercup!
Today was a killer on my lungs. No question. I thought I was near okay, and then I breathed some of that chilly air and almost collapsed in a coughing fit at school pick up. That was fun. I’ll be driving the 2 minutes to school tomorrow. I am so down with traveling somewhere warm. Having a lack of murderers would be nice too.
Marilyn
My kids sleds disintegrated after the first afternoon of sledding down my grandma’s long driveway. I guess age finally caught up with them – but now I’m on a hunt for new sleds and of course, they are all sold out. I hope I can find at least one somewhere before the snow is all gone. I love how pretty it looks!