a polar vortex day...

School was called off today, not because of snow, but because of the "polar vortex."  Yep crazy weather patterns have given us super cold temps and dangerous wind chills...enough to call off school.

There were LOTS of complaints everywhere about the "polar vortex" but I didn't mind one bit because we got to stay in our pajamas all day and spend our Thursday...

 doing this...

and this...

and this...

and this...

(side note, because it was a "polar vortex day" and not a snow day, I felt it was alright to play Cars Monopoly versus the regular version.  hope my brothers will be ok with that.)

and this...

and this...

(normally I am all about not leaving the house if school is called off, but I was easily persuaded with a late afternoon invite: I mean, how can you say no to a cozy warm home with cousins and cookies and hot chocolate and books and hex bugs?!  And a puppy!  And Auntie Christy let us come over in our jammies. =)

and this...

(Grace had to write a haiku about her day:

I had a snow day

I wore my pj's all day

We played games at home

Aahma R loves haikus and wrote one back for her too:

I had a snow day

I dressed in my clothes and crocs

I knit for Grace)

and this.

AND, just so you don't think that things were only sunshine and cookies and puppies all day, we had no less than 11 meltdowns, 18 bonks, 9 fights, 2 band-aids, 3 bookshelves emptied, 1 big momma meltdown, 37 complaints about chores, 1 bag of frozen chicken explode all over the floor, and 85 whiny/fussy "Momma!"'s. 

When it all weighs out though...a great day.