Leap Year Day

So if you only get one chance every four years to post an entry on February 29th, ya better take advantage of it. So what does one write about on a day such as this? Well I know what YOU want me to write about: The Kid. Yeah I know. I'll write about the kid; but first, let me wax eloquent about something I feel very passionate about. Leap Year Day is the coolest day to be born ever. I always thought it would be really cool to be twenty and say that you're five. I've only ever known one person who was born on Feb. 29th and she was annoyed with it. Seriously, it would be the coolest. Let's just act like it's the coolest just and pretend like you're humoring me.

Anyway, today was V's first Leap Year Day and we had one of the best Daddy Days ever. We've taken the side of her crib off so that we can more easily access goodnight kisses among other things. This is also nice for when she wants to go to bed she just dives in. However, she now can exit the bed just as easily as entrance. This morning she met us in our bedroom at 6:30. Needless to say we were unprepared for this new venture. She's really a different child now because she's mobile. Ya'll know what I'm talking about if you have kids. It's da coolest and the worst at the exact same time. Yeah yeah, I'm getting sappy... Here's some pictures:

V: No spoon for Ben & Jerry's? Cue the sad face.

Dad: DAD TO THE RESCUE!!!

V: Sad face gets 'em every time! Ice Cream is DA COOLEST!

V: Is it OK that I'm wearing Daddy's shoes? What if I try walking in them?

V: That didn't work out so well...

V: I can't believe Mommy doesn't do this more often. Look at Daddy's face!

V: Aaaaaannnnnnd... Model pose! Yeah, that's nice!

Huge Snow Storn

I wanted to add several adjectives to that post title but if you were anywhere near here, you don't need adjectives to know what happened. Approximately three weeks ago we had the most devastating snow & ice storm Washington has ever had. The storm knocked out power to over 100,000 homes, some for almost a week. It crippled the transit systems, blocked people into their homes and threw trees across yards all over the region. No muy bueno.

At work, we threw away thousands of dollars of food. The worst part was that there was no way to salvage it: Normally if we lose power and the food is in danger of going out of temp, we can reduce the price quickly to sell it. However, if every single person in the city has no power, they aren't exactly going to come running to fill a freezer that's probably not going to keep their own food frozen. It was frustrating. Especially since we had limited supply of Duraflame laws, flashlights and D batteries. It's amazing that we probably sold more batteries in that week than we had in the previous six months.

Just so you know, it wasn't ALL bad. It was V's first snow as a "Cognitive Human." We weren't exactly sure what she would think about it because the first time she saw snow, she just played in the yellow snow sat there. Thankfully, she loved it and hear are the pictures to prove it:

Heavy snow people. What's that... Not heavy you say?

Look at this action Chump.

So we got bundled up and proceeded to get our "cute" on!

It's time to teach V how to create the perfect Snow Ball.

Now let's slide down the 4% incline in our front yard!

OK, it's cold and Daddy won't let you sled. Let's go back inside.