I felt obligated to leave my tribute to my brother in law up for a while. It was as if the world shouldn't move on too quickly after his death like everything was back to normal...do you ever get that feeling when someone dies?
Anyway I felt I said my piece and life can now go on, at least in my head it can. So I wanted to cheer myself up and what better way to do it than with pictures from a snow day!
My company made the best judgement call ever and closed on Friday due to snow, oh sorry they call it "inclement weather". I had taken Thursday off to take the Citizenship Test (that's another story, is anyone surprised that I'm still a British Citezen? I even found out that Baby C can get a British Passport, how cute would that be!) and then I got Friday off due to snow, so we had a fantastic unplanned four day weekend.
I went out early to shovel the sidewalk and path to the house so that Big C wouldn't have to do it when he got home from work. I love the outdoors no matter the weather, so this really wasn't that big of a deal for me. Though the morning after I felt like I'd done 100 butterfly presses and I'd wish I'd used the snow blower.
But it was the first time that Baby C was able to actually walk and play in the snow so I was in no rush to get inside, even though her nose was running (I know insert bad mommy look), but I'm the kind of mother that you only live once and as long it's not life threatening go have fun. I can't wait to let her stand in the rain barefoot in the summer time to just feel the rain fall droplet by droplet on her face.
She had fun and spent most of the time either eating the snow, getting stuck in the snow or complaining because her winnie the pooh glove fell of again!
aw can we trade places for the day?? It's almost 80 degrees here today. The pictures of snow are so completely foreign to me today.
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures and I'm glad to hear that you are starting to cheer yourself up. I felt the same way after my Grandma died, like I should dwell on HER a little bit more. It is okay to move on and it's okay to have sad days, too. Still praying for you and yours.
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Hey there!
ReplyDeleteSo good to see you back in blogland again. Trust me, I know how it is when a loved ones passes away or leaves for good. Like I told you, we NEED the time to grieve and we should be able to take as much time as we need. So I totally understand.
I'm just glad to see that you're doing alright.
LOVE the snow pictures! Courtney looks like she's having a BALL. I can't wait to see those pix on a LO.
Thanks for sharing and welcome back. Love ya!
Seriously...Tanner had his frist "taste" of snow a couple weeks ago in MI. Really though, he wouldn't eat it..he just liked to play and shovel it up!
ReplyDeleteI am glad to hear that you are able to move on a bit. I know it's hard to do, I felt that way after my dad passed...
Sending you hugs..
hugs! Baby C is a cutie and you are a good Mommy letting her play in the snow (no bad Mommy looks coming from my direction!) Have a good day! Kim
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see you back. Take all the time you need to heal. I wil continue to you and your family in my prayers.
ReplyDeleteBaby C looks like she is really enjoying the snow. No bad mommy looks from me.
Hope everything went well with your citizenship test.
I totally get what you are saying about the world moving on too fast.It is weird to have to go on with the "normal" when you are not done grieveing yet.
ReplyDeleteBaby C is just the cutest little thing... can she marry Emerson please? I mean, really, it would make life easier... you and I can start stocking up now on the wedding bubbles and such. LOL. :) Glad you had a long weekend, and I love you no matter if your still all Brit or not!! LOL...
so glad to see you back in blogland! i totally get what you are saying about when someone passes away. You know, you're expected to just go back to work and regular life as if nothing happened. I can't be like that. Its ok to move on, but it's ok to be sad too.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear about your excelent weekend..Baby C looks so cute in all that snow!
Understanding the need for the world to stay still for a while...been through that more times than I care to count.
ReplyDeleteYour baby is so precious! And if it would snow here--ever--I would be the first to let my kids play out in it allllll day. Sometimes being a good mommy is just knowing when to have fun:)
Blessings!
I think I know exactly what you mean about why you left the post up.
ReplyDeleteI'm the same kind of Mommy *grin* Yay for snow days and i'd love a british passport too!
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ReplyDeleteEverything (good and bad) that happens to us changes us forever. After that change, we must take the time to find a new normal, and that's what you were doing (hugs).
ReplyDeleteSo glad you are back.
Baby C is too cute!!:)
ReplyDeleteLove the pix...AND I want to work where you work: closing for inclement weather? Last snow we had, I got a 7 a.m. phone call instructing me that no one could make it in but me, so to call when I made it through the blizzard, so the secret alarm code could be revealed to me when I opened up. 3 feet of snow, no plows, and I went trudging in.
ReplyDeleteI totally wish that my job had closed on Friday. Instead they let us go early right in the middle of the storm. I was a wreck trying to drive home that day.
ReplyDeleteI love baby C's mittens. It's ok about the citizenship exam. My hubby still won't take it because he's afraid that he won't pass.
Found your page on Dawn's site. I just love those snow pictures. Your daughter is a cutie pie! Stop by and visit sometimes. :)
ReplyDeleteBaby C is just too cute, too cute!
ReplyDeleteEven though it is tough, it is okay to move on. I still have my sad days too which is okay. I will keep you in my prayers.