The Boston Blizzard of 2010

Well, technically it wasn't a blizzard... But it was definitely the worst winter storm I've ever experienced in 6 winters living here. It took Derek 2+ hours to shovel us out this morning; the news report I heard today said the city got about 17" of snow in ~ 24 hours. The blizzard warning started at noon on Sunday the 26th and ended at noon on Monday. On top of the storm, Derek was also sick; so sick that he called in sick to work on Sunday night. It was probably for the best, because he would have had to shovel and dig out the car at 10pm in order to get to work. It ended up that Julia our nanny was sick too. Sick husband + sick nanny + blizzard = no work for me today.

Since Christmas Day we have been home just the 4 of us and have had lots of inside time due to the weather. There have been plenty of books,

And blocks,

Snacks,

And fun in the tunnel!

Unfortunately, all this time inside also leads to plenty of sibling annoyances and a few tantrums...

I will be braving the weather to head back to work Tuesday morning. It's predicted there will be -10 degree wind chills - that's nothin' for this North Dakota girl, but after 6 years of New England weather I bet it will feel pretty darn cold!!

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Silas' Blog

Well it's been a busy 3 years since I last posted! Stay tuned as we may have more posts coming now that it looks like I have a new contributor... Silas recently read a book called "Starting Your Own Blog", and now he is bound and determined for us to let him start his own blog! We convinced him that he should start out by drafting content and a posting calendar. We made templates this morning and he wrote his first "post" today!

Parks

We decided to get Zoe's haircut on Saturday morning at a place geared towards kids called Snip-Its . Neither Derek nor I anticipated what a meltdown Zoe was going to have. The haircut is half-assed at best and Derek will have to fix it when she's more calm. We were so traumatized that we headed to the park to get the day going on a better foot! We went back to Larz Anderson, the park where the Psychiatry picnic was held on Thursday . It is really close to our house and is lovely and shaded. I think it's one of my new favorite spots! The kids like it too :) S&Z love playing with wood chips, so there was a lot of that! Snacks were enjoyed on the bench and I tried to get a few pictures of the haircut... Excuse me, I'm chewing pretzels :) This morning we met up with Wendy, Dave, Sydney & Ivy at the Newton Center Playground. It was HOT HOT HOT, and there wasn't too much shade. The kids have inherited my low tolerance for heat, so they spe

York's Wild Kingdom

Friday was our last day of vacation and check-out time at Village by the Sea was 10am. We wanted to do one last fun thing before coming back to Boston, so we headed to York's Wild Kingdom in York, Maine. The zoo had just opened when we got there, and apparently lots of other families had the same idea as us! This zoo is definitely aimed for little kids, and Silas and Zoe (and Derek!) had a blast! Our first stop was the butterfly sanctuary, and this was definitely my favorite part of the day... We had the kids both in and out of the stroller throughout our visit. The zoo was packed with people, so it was a little nuts having them roam free and try to manage an empty double stroller too. But they were happier to get in and out of the stroller at their leisure with all the walking. There were several highlights for the kids - all of which involved feeding the animals from your hand. One was the duck pond, The deer were pretty awesome, As was the petting zoo

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