Cold Snap Prisoners!

Here we all sit, chained to the inside of our house.. Unbelievable wind chills are our worst enemies of late and today would be a big surprise if it wasn't another day of them. So, I might as well complain about it on the internet! We have been able to go tobogganing a few times this winter - but the snow is now crusty and disappearing into thin air as I type this...sigh... We've put on and taken off our ice skates a few times. But when you're three, minus twenty just won't work for that activity... Even the poor dog has been suffering from non-walks. On an up note - the cat has her own tree now, completely upholstered even! She's happy (as happy as a cat can get I think) and gets WAY more exercise than any of us. We do get to see the inside of many malls, libraries and pools. Home Depot loves us in the wee hours of the morning when the littlest one can run freely up and down the aisles of paint, plumbing and light bulbs while I deliberate over getting new LED fixtures and paint colours for the living room. Decisions are still pending... No one has asked us to leave yet, so we keep returning.  Last week we spent many hours operating on stuffed animals and 'delivering' baby fuzzies from our artificial wombs. Pretend play has gotten much more sophisticated of late, you can imagine... At least tomorrow we get to go to swimming lessons and possibly out to our friend's farm to behead some chickens... (NOW it's getting exciting, isn't it??!)..