3:30 PM ET Video

Another heavy band of snow, extreme wind. Our 4 foot fence is officially covered and the 6-foot fence on our side yard has caved in from the weight of the snow and strength of the wind!

Video below:

Blizzard Video

The video below is just a few seconds of the storm today, Tuesday February 10, 2010. Words can't really describe it. Not even sure the video does it justice. But wanted to document it for Isabelle on this blog.

Leaving on a Jet Plane

We just booked our tickets to Tampa! The forecasters dared to mention more snow next Monday. We have four days of NO PRECIP ahead so I'm taking my chance to escape the tundra!

Ed has to go to Nashville for a week for a business trip so Isabelle and I are heading to Tampa to visit Mom-Mom Susan and Pop-Pop Bill for a week. She and I both need to get out of this house and stretch our legs and get some fresh air. The Cabin Fever is threatening to ruin our good relationship.

Sun, Sand, Surf, here we come!

Code Blue

Thankfully, our daycare provider (Miss Trish) called me last night to remind me that when our County Schools are closed with a "Code Blue" status, daycare is STILL OPEN! Our county was a CODE BLUE today, so Isabelle was able to get to daycare. That was a huge bonus for us so we could all get a break. Believe me, she needs the break from us just as much as we need one from her!

I still have to work full days this week since I work from home. Ed has been off all week (Federal Government is closed), so he has been able to shovel a few hours each day to prepare for this next blizzard due on our door step any minute now.

Isabelle was very excited this morning when Ed dropped her off. She was excited to see her friends, Miss Trish, and have "special projects" waiting for her. We were excited to have a day without "Go, Diego, Go!" on TV for nine hours.

She will obviously be home tomorrow and most likely on Thursday, we're guessing. Maybe by Friday she can go back to school, and we can go back to a pseudo normal schedule. Because we all know, that today's storm just HAS to be the end of it, right? Mother Nature can't possibly think of delivering a 4th Blizzard in one Winter, can she?

Snowmageddon

Click below to see a video taken at 11am ET on Saturday, February 6, 2010. More video to come as we're still getting snow at this hour, and we could get another FOOT before it finally stops. Official BWI accumulation as of 11am ET is 23.9 inches. We have to get to 28 inches if we want to beat the all-time record.

I don't think we'll have ANY trouble beating the record with this whopper. If we get ANY more snow forecasted this winter, I'm outta here! Isabelle and I will drive to BWI, hop on any plane heading to Florida, and make our way to Mom-Mom Susan and Pop-Pop Bill's house. We will camp out for a few weeks until Maryland has thawed out.

I don't know about friends in low places, but we got friends and family in WARM places, so I plan to invite myself there soon!

The Fashion Police

I knew the day would come, when our precocious little Bean would start to have an opinion about the clothing she would wear each day. I just figured we had a few more years????

Today, I got her dressed, without incident. Gray sweatpants, purple t-shirt with a cupcake on the front, Dora hoodie, and tennis shoes. A sensible, easy, comfortable, and WARM outfit for a day at school (daycare). She had no comments, no fight, nothing. It was a peaceful, easy morning for once.

Ed picked Isabelle up from school this afternoon and Miss Trish relayed a story from today. During "circle time" this morning, when they all share stories and talk about things, Isabelle put on her perfect pout face and wouldn't participate. Which, as an aside, is very odd because the girl never misses an opportunity to talk...about anything! So, there she sat, pouting away, refusing to chat. Miss Trish asked her what was wrong. To which, Isabelle put her hands onto her hips, put a pucker on her lips, and indignantly proclaimed, "Miss Trish, I did NOT want to wear THIS shirt today!!"

I have no clue where that came from, or why she said it. She was perfectly content with that shirt this morning. And sooooo it begins...

I just wonder what OTHER tall tales she is sharing at school!

The Escape Artist

We converted Isabelle's crib into a toddler bed a few months ago after we caught her trying to climb out. She's done great in the toddler bed at night. But she's desperately trying to give up her afternoon nap. So on the weekends, we deal with her getting out of bed, taking all 700 books off of her bookshelves, getting into her dresser drawers, and basically destroying her room. So we've resorted to using the Pack-n-Play for naptime to keep her contained.

Yesterday (Sunday), she was "napping" in her Pack-n-Play until she mysteriously showed up in the bathroom while I was brushing my teeth. What? How? When? Where did you COME from?

So I put her back into the P-n-P and watched as she very unceremoniously got back OUT. I had to catch it on video so I could share with everyone. Not sure what we'll do for weekend naptime in the future. It might be time to get the dog crate out of storage!