I hit the snooze button four times before the phone rang. I figured it would be Kim calling to see if we were going to hit the treadmill today, but it was the forensics coach, Carol, asking me if I'd registered for the next tournament. Unless I'd registered in my sleep somewhere between the first alarm and the last snooze-button-slap, the answer was no.
Wide awake with concern that I'd missed registering the kids for their events, I fumbled my way through booting up the computer and navigating to the tournament registration site. It was then that I looked out the window and saw the accumulation of snow. Not only was there a thick, gorgeous blanket of white all over the hillside, but the sky was scattered with snowflakes. I knew immediately that it would be a cozy-up-at-home kind of day.
Cancelled running. Cancelled piano lessons. Forfeited my trip to the grocery store. Sent Bo to the bank in the 4-wheel-drive.
Me? I stayed home. In my jammies. And my slippers. All. Day. Long. Registered the kiddoes successfully ($162 in tournament fees?!? I need to do a fundraiser and fast!), very distantly oversaw Houdin's making of lunch (taco dip. ayum), made a delicious comfort food, listened to piano practicing, watched the kids dress up for snow fun and then head back in again, drank a cup of Houdin's homemade hot cocoa, cuddled with the doggies and kids, and read, read, read.
With our schedule being what it's been--forensics, algebra, worldview, chemistry, drama, choir, piano, church, youth group, fundraisers, social events, life in general--some of our Ambleside subjects have fallen by the wayside. Not forgotten. Just put on hold. It's the read-alouds, really, and we do have a lot of them.
So a good portion of today was spent curled up with kids all around listening to Mama read. The Kon Tiki Expedition. Madame How and Lady Why. A Tree in the Trail. An Island Story. Fifty Famous Tales. This Country of Ours. And this evening, we will finish the most recent chapter of Gone-Away Lake. I'd liked to have read more, but for some reason I get incredibly tired when I read aloud and feel the very impending need for a nap. So I broke it up in bits and read in different spots.
It was definitely a sedentary day.
And now my dear children are waiting for me to watch the play they've prepared.
What do you do on snow days?
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