Okay do the news stations really have to put titles like this for the ice that has been blowing over our state the last two days? Lots of states get snow and large amounts of it. We usually get snow but the last two years we have had ICE- which just isn't as much fun.  Last year the ice was so bad that it ruined a lot of trees, did damage to properties and power was lost in many homes. (We lost quite a few trees that made spring/summer clean up lots of fun.)  So when Brady and I turned on the televison this moring to get the traffic and weather reports, we had a good chuckle at the titles. I think calling it a state of emergency at this point is a little rediculous. Ice falling from the sky has happened before and does not need to be called an emergency, YET!

Thankfully,  I have no place to be and the kids and I can be perfectly content enjoying being inside watching the pretty stuff fall from the sky. Brady has had the lucky pleasure of venturing out in the slick stuff which makes us worry - especially when we happen to watch the traffic reports. He drives better on this stuff than I do. I would rather just stay at home than have white nuckles and a stiff neck from concentrating too hard on not sliding all over the place with two little ones in the car!

Last year, I took  Hunter out but he was too little to really enjoy it. So I  bundled the children up and out the front door we went - right before it started to come down steadily. Hailey was more interested in eating the ice. Hunter liked walking on it because it made crunching noises. He found lots of sticks which are good for poking and destroying piles of ice that his sister so neatly made. We stayed out for a bit but after the gloves got too wet, we came inside. We will have to venture out again this afternoon and locate some waterproof gloves!

* Hunter is wearing Hailey's coat from last year. I left his in the car and it is sealed shut with ice!