Our New (Free!) Slide

I had been looking for a good used slide/swing set on craigslist for a while... and almost got this exact one for what I thought was a good deal. It was obviously not meant to be though, because a few weeks later, we were given this one for free from a co-worker. Sam and Anna love it and so we've been trying to squeeze in as much play time as we can on it before the snowy days start. It needs a good pressure washing, but we'll wait until spring to clean it up.

The typical scene when we round the corner and they see it: taking off running to be first on the slide.

I'm glad we got a few weeks of slide time in our backyard before our first snowfall... yesterday. Now our yard is covered with a few inches of the white stuff, which is making me get the Christmas itch a little bit more!

We had an interesting evening after our snow-filled day. When Sam, Anna and I were on our way home after daycare, I noticed that our entire neighborhood was dark. It turns out that our power had been off for over 6 hours, since noon, because of the heavy wet snow. After realizing that our dinner in the crock pot would be a no-go, I quickly thought of a plan b. I was on my own for dinner because daddy was gone, so I ran into our pitch black house, leaving the car running in the driveway with Sam and Anna in it, and grabbed what I needed to take Sam and Anna out to eat. Before this, I have only gone out to eat in a restaurant once with my duo on my own. It went fine, just not my top choice for how to spend my evening after a long day with kindergartners!  By bedtime, our power was back on and all was well again.