Ok, so I realize that I've failed in the weekly update already but in my defense we have officially reached 122 inches of snow. (I'll pause for those of you calculating in your head right now).
Above is my visual evidence. Jeremy knows the routine by now. "Daddy outside, snow blow." He loves putting his snow pants and boots on and heading out with Dad. The sandbox shovel doubles nicely as a snow shovel. He's got it down, even to our constant clearing of the deck railing so we can monitor the levels of newly fallen snow.
It was an eventful final weekend of January. The Arnold grandparents drove out Saturday to celebrate my father's 52nd birthday. We cashed in a gift card to the CD Warehouse on Peach Street and the ladies did some shopping. All the while Jeremy practiced his shooting skills at home. He has become quite the fan of his basketball hoop in the living room. We play "make it or miss" all the time now!
Sunday we woke up to what turned out to be a pretty extensive power outage. Jeremy had some sort of nightmare issue last night and kept us both up for about 1hour figuring out how to calm him down, only to wake up to no power at 9am. What do you do...you pull the safety release on the garage door, pack the family in the car and head to Bob Evans! I'm not about to wait around for my coffee.
We have a movie theater right near the Millcreek Mall that has some great matinee specials. The early bird on Sunday 12:55pm was only $0.50/ticket so we decided to try out our first official family movie with Jeremy. We figured with 40 degree temperatures the dogs would be fine even if the power was still out.
We went to see The Tale of Despereaux. Jeremy seems to be a big fan of mice according to his fascination with them at the local pet stores. It turned out to be a great event. Jeremy lasted almost halfway through and slept the rest of the way. Both Gretchen and I agree that the movie itself isn't close to an instant classic, but for $1 it was a fun time. The power was restored by 4pm so we didn't miss ANY of the useless pregame on TV.
Yes, I am posting this during the Super Bowl (I wonder if I have to pay royalties if I type that in a blog)? Couple of reasons for that...Gretchen gave me a guilt trip for my last post being 1/11 and the Steelers are winning. I'm off to grab another beer...GO BROWNS!
