The Sawinskis

We lounged around in bed all day as an extension of my birthday, tomorrow. We had a special breakfast meal; apple fritter, “smoovie” (not just any kind of rhubarb smoothie), thick cut bacon, etc. We didn’t really venture far from our bed this morning, mainly because it was the warmest place in the house.

We munched on pretzels, almonds, crackers and such shortly before falling back to sleep for a 2 hour nap. We were convinced to do something with our day so we got up and dressed and made our way to the living room.

We continued our “Burn Notice” session from last night (great show by the way) until 430 when we decided the falling snow and the cooler weather was all too enticing for us to simply look at over the top of the computer screen.

We emerged from beneath our comforters and blankets and we bundled up in all of our warmies. We did our best to convince Kiera that it would be worth all the hassle. Six layers later we ventured into the winter wonderland. Marley, the neighbors dog, greeted us in the front yard. Kiera is in love with Marley and expects to play with her every time we walk out the front door

As Sarah and I shoveled the sidewalk and stairs, Kiera was sliding down the hills on a plastic shovel. We romped around the yard and frolicked in the snow. We ate the fresh snow and gave Kiera her first “white wash” our walk down the block to look at the Christmas lights. A walk was the last thing that Kiera wanted to do. Luckily she was easy to drag in the snow down the sidewalk.

As we approached the house with the lights, Kiera covered her eyes so she couldn’t see as we exclaimed “Look Kiera, aren’t they pretty?” She continued to skreech and wail and all she wanted was to go home because her legs were tired because they wanted to rest. After walking to the front of the house to see the lights we promptly made our return home. When we were within sight of our home, Kiera shouts out

“OOO Look! Pretty Christmas lights!”

“Yeah, Kiera, those are our light on our house.”

“Oh.”