“Big” Snow

There is a lot going on out here, what with the “big”snow and all.  Or at least, the anticipation of the big snow.  I’ve read it might be the biggest snow storm since ’85.  Of course, I wasn’t here in ’85, so I have no idea what that even means.  Maybe a foot of snow.  But back in Cleveland, that was par for the course.  Camille may just throw on her skis and tear up the neighborhood.  I’ll be right behind her in my snow shoes pulling Harry in the sled.  Only problem:  Elsye.  She seems to have a mild fever and hasn’t eaten anything but toast since yesterday.  When I got back from my weekend in Seattle with Bits, Elyse was lethargic but said she felt alright.  I dragged her to her swimming classes yesterday, where she worked on butterfly the entire half hour.  There are a lot of components to coordinate in butterfly.  I was impressed with the instructor and the kids for sticking with it the whole lesson.  Anyway, I kept her home from school today so she could rest.  At one point I went down to the neighbors to borrow some 7 Up, and Harry said “I’ll take good care of her”.  It was a riot.

Bits and I had a great weekend in the city.   Sat. we did a little shopping close to home, and then headed into the city.  After a snowy morning the sun peaked out so we took a long walk through downtown and over to Puget Sound.  We went to Wild Ginger for dinner.  We did not pop up to get anybody more milk, or have to chase anybody around with a spoon, begging them to eat something.  We slept in til 8:40 Sun. morning.  And then we just layed there for a while.  Nobody forcing us out of bed we gently eased ourselves down to the lobby where we enjoyed a complimentary hotel breakfast.  We headed out shopping and since there wasn’t much snow, I just wore my Mary Jane style Keens.  BIG mistake.  HUGE.  What started to be just a little snow, ended up soaking  through my shoe and leaving a puddle inside my shoes.  After hitting a few stores, we stopped for a quick bite to eat for lunch (where they did not have soup!!, on a cold snowy day!!), and then went for hour massages.  They were well received, but 60 min. flies by.  I could not believe it was 60 min. when Michelle said my deep tissue massage was all done.  But, afterward, we were all warmed up and ready to head out for more shopping.  I bought a hat, and some black boots, which the sales lady sprayed with waterproof spray so that I could wear them out the door and into the snow.  My soaking wet Keens, went in a plastic bag.  I’m not sure if they will ever be the same.

Sun night for dinner we went to a nice little place near Pike Place Market called “Il Bistro”.  We had a very nice meal and with the dim lighting, Bitsy said my hat head hair was barely noticable.  We stopped at the book store on the way home to the hotel.  I couldn’t believe the book store stayed open until 11 pm on a Sunday!  Wow, city living!  We spent a little time going through some baby clothes and reminiscing about when Elyse and Camille were little.  Crazy to believe that some of those clothes were 10 yrs old!  Monday we went to University Village to go to Pottery Barn Kids.  We were hoping to find bedding for Emi Jane’s nursury, but no luck.  And Babies R Us left us empty handed as well.  But the joy of being able to pop in to so many stores with no time schedule and no little people pulling us in a different direction was so leisurly!  It was a great couple of days of sister time.

By the time I got home Chris had the house all tidy and had rearranged the furniture in the family room.  Apparently while I was gone, they set up the 6 person tent in there and had to clear out most of the furniture so it would fit.  They also played in the snow and made this cute little snow family that greated us when we got home.  I asked Chris if he took any pictures over the weekend, and he said they were too busy having fun to take pictures.  The same went for Bits and me.  No pictures, just fun.  I did snap these pictures when we got home though.  Camille had a great 2nd day of ski lessons on Sat.  She got to ride the bus with Annika, and then she had a semi private lesson with Hugo because the other kids in her class were delayed with an oil leak on the other bus.

Emi Jane due April 8

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