{"id":71,"date":"2016-03-24T03:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T03:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/24\/spring-blizzard"},"modified":"2016-03-24T03:21:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T03:21:00","slug":"spring-blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2016\/03\/24\/spring-blizzard\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Blizzard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weather flipped from the sunny zoo trip yesterday, to a blizzard today.\u00a0 All schools were closed along with my Zumba class at the Apex Center \ud83d\ude41\u00a0 At least the official closure dismissed my guilt about sleeping late (8:20!) and not wanting to drag the kids out in the snowy streets.<\/p>\n<p>I did my best to keep the boys entertained without going anywhere.\u00a0 Ben planned for a snow day and worked from home.\u00a0 Best of all, we didn&#8217;t lose power!\u00a0 The snow was very wet and heavy and there were strong winds.\u00a0 I saw on the Xcel website that there were many outages in our area.\u00a0 Woohoo for us!<\/p>\n<p>Extra pajama time after breakfast, because why not?<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/26013091065\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1599\/26013091065_8cf79e4ca2_c.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I built them a fort.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think they appreciated how dope a fort I made. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/25380367374\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1646\/25380367374_89527a0e2d_c.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/25712530380\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1686\/25712530380_9d5c7f4c00_c.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/25712532070\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1679\/25712532070_12723c4ebe_c.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was in the morning, before it got super heavy. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/25918148011\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1615\/25918148011_5fcc8ec18d_c.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad I keep a well stocked baking pantry.\u00a0 I made a loaf of garlic bread from scratch for dinner, and the boys helped me make cookies with chocolate chips, pretzels, and caramel chunks. (The first pic is a high five in progress)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/25892293862\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1543\/25892293862_fa0e5b1e9a_c.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/25918155671\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1494\/25918155671_94b5f456b6_c.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before naptime they bundled up to play.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/26013096695\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1583\/26013096695_6bfdf988be_c.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Me keeping a safe watch from inside.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/25712537560\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1537\/25712537560_a94e32e1c9_c.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben heard a big galumph and was surprised to see Jem crash down into the basement window well next to his desk.\u00a0 Jack helped make a rescue.\u00a0 <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/25712536430\/in\/datetaken-public\/\" title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1573\/25712536430_733f361eae_c.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\">\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After spaghetti dinner and cookie dessert, the roads were cleared fairly well and the snow finally stopped.\u00a0 We all went to Target for this and that and to stretch our legs.\u00a0 I hope I can make up that gym visit and get the guys some indoor playground action tomorrow.\u00a0 I bought some paint crafts and boiled eggs for dying too.\u00a0 Oh, spring break.\u00a0 Why are you so long?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather flipped from the sunny zoo trip yesterday, to a blizzard today.\u00a0 All schools were closed along with my Zumba class at the Apex Center \ud83d\ude41\u00a0 At least the official closure dismissed my guilt about sleeping late (8:20!) and not wanting to drag the kids out in the snowy streets. 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