Just received the call from our school district...no school tomorrow. I heard a whoop and holler from the basement...guess the girls know! The girls helped me make brownies the last time we had snow days. Then to burn off the calories from the brownies they showed me how to play on the Wii. No photos of it, but Mom showed them she knows a few dance steps!
And yes, they licked the bowls!
Last year ZoraLin wanted to do the mini cheer camp put on by our school district's high school cheerleaders. This year was no different and she convinced all her sisters to do it too. Well, except that RaeAnne decided that she was too "old" to do it. Even though they only practiced two nights for an hour each night, the girls did a great job during the half-time of the boys varsity game Friday night. 
However, I did discover that there are hazards to going to a basketball game infrequently. First be very careful when you have a husband taking blood thinners. Don't let them try to climb to the highest point of the bleachers. RaeAnne and I were still standing by the entrance to the gym looking for the ideal spot to sit during the performance. I spotted the place I thought looked like would work, then turned to tell my dear hubby and he was already gone. I moved on around the corner to see where he went and found that he had taken a tumble on the bleachers! Seems he went to step up and lost his balance and down he went. I won't bless this blog with photos of his incredible bruise, but will just tell you that it is impressive!
And when you have four girls doing the cheers...it is always hard to be in the right place to catch the best photo ops! So make friends with the other Mom's so you can share photos!!
When I was a kid, there was nothing sweeter to my ears than "School has been called off due to snow!" Well, that has been the case here for the last two days. We knew that could be a possibility when we went to bed Sunday night. Daddy was up early Monday watching the school closings on the news and had just told me the good news when our school district telephone notification system rang our house and Daddy's cell phone at the same time to let us know the news too. That woke the whole house up and the girls were thrilled!
Tessa is from the southern part of China and had never really seen snow before. Her sisters couldn't wait to get her out and show her how to sled! 
Then at supper time last night we received the news that school was called off for another day! Mom and Dad actually kept that little bit of info quiet until just before bedtime. They actually were able to go to sleep! This morning they couldn't wait to go back outside and sled some more. And they were more than a little upset at Mom when she bundled them up extra carefully as the temperature was 11 degrees and the wind chill was a negative something! 
Tessa has decided that she likes sledding...she just doesn't like to do it in the snow!! Here's the girls enjoying hot chocolate and marshmallow's after sledding!
