WILD and CRAZY!

The weather has been crazy here. We had the BLIZZARD of 2011 and then we had some of the coldest days on record here. I went out Monday morning to get some necessities, milk, bread, eggs and some snack food. I even bought Oreos in case it got bad. The girls went to school on Monday January 31 and then didn't go back until February 14. They had 9 snow days. School was canceled before the snow even started to fall. By 11 at night we were having a snow thunder storm. It was CRAZY. I have never experienced thunder like that before. We ended up with about 20 inches of snow. A couple of days later we got 3 more inches and then 8 more inches. By this time everything was shutting down. Ernie's office has closed for 3 days (he was in Houston working)and we were completely snowed in. The girls built 3 igloos and it took me almost 3 hours to shovel our driveway.

Ernie was able to make it home before the 2nd round of snow. We went sledding

and we even went to the zoo, Crazy, I know. The zoo had to close for a couple of days after the storm and then they offered free admission for the week after to help with cabin fever. It was cold but we had a really good time. The best part of the day was the chimpanzees. there were 2 little chimps and they were torturing an older chimp. At on point the older chimp was going after one of the little ones and as he ventured out onto the rope the little chimp started shaking it to try and knock him off, next thing you know both little chimps are shaking the rope. The older chimp jumped off the rope and then grabbed it and pulled it tight so they could shake it any more. It was really fun to watch them play.

Nora turned 8 years old. We were going to go to incredible pizza for her birthday but they closed due to the snow so we ended up going to Red Robin. We told her that if she waited one day we would take her to incredible pizza, but there is no waiting with that girl. She was able to open one present at Red Robin and the other 2 at home. She got some jewelry and jewelry box. I also made her an apron. She has already been putting it to good use. She wanted to decorate her own cake and I think she did a great job. She also made no-bake cookies with her dad and they were very tasty.

The girls went to see Gnomeo and Juliet and we went to an art museum while they were out of school. I really enjoyed the time we had together and it was nice that most days were spent at home, but I will admit that after 10 days at home I was ready to get out. I think only in Oklahoma can you experience the weather we have had lately. The past 2 weeks we had the blizzard and temperatures of -10 and this week it has reached 60 degrees. Gotta love it.

We got Milly some new toys and I think she thinks they are her babies.

Oh the pictures the girls take with my camera when I am not looking. Here are just a few.