as of now, annapolis has roughly 6 inches of snow on the ground with fresh powder dancing around in the air and more to come this evening. surprisingly for this region of the country, a snow day was declared. schools closed; and for me, this meant that i had another day with paul around at home, which in turn made for another set of hands to take care of jackson’s poopy diapers. yay for snow days! mommy likes!
i’m finding though, that regardless of the region you live in, snow days bring out the crazy in us all. if you are a true northerner, your crazy comes out in the form of anger and irritation with the southerners (like myself) who are racing to the grocery store for essentials. and, if you are a true southerner, you do find yourself at the grocery store stocking up on baby formula, milk, eggs… or in my case, kahlua, baileys, and swiss miss hot chocolate. apparently my form of crazy includes cocoa and liquor. anyone care to join?
jackson’s form of crazy is especially excitable with the snow day… kids trampling around in and out of our apartment building, creating noise that has led me to put both ear plugs in my ears and then headphones over my ears so i can concentrate while writing. (or maybe i just need the extra focus since i have a buzz at 2:30 in the afternoon?) regardless, jackson’s crazy is at an all-time high today. he has napped for a total of 40 minutes and has spent the majority of his awake time squawking like an animal and blowing zerberts on my face.
paul and i did bundle up our snowmagoo this morning and take him out to experience his first real snow day. we don’t have a waterproof snowsuit for him, so we bundled him up in a fleece onesie over his regular onesie, two pair of socks, hat, two hoods over the hat, two sets of mittens, and his winter coat. taking a plastic trashcan bag with us, we planned to plop him on it (thereby providing the waterproofness we do not have) and have our photo op.
jackson sat for almost a full minute before deciding to check things out for himself. he was off the plastic trashcan bag shortly thereafter and experiencing the snow in his own little magoo way. being unable to move as quickly and easily as usual with the multiple layers of clothing we stuffed him in, jackson frustrated easily and got over the whole snow day real quick.
and speaking of crazy, i think i might actually find myself busy this week here in good ol’ nap-town. tomorrow morning will be jackson’s first official baby playgroup with some of the moms in our apartment complex and their little ones. of course it falls right during jackson’s morning nap, but he didn’t take one this morning, so he may as well not take one tomorrow either. wednesday there is a wine tasting (umm HELLO!) event at a little local bistro that paul and i are going to in the hopes of making non-navy friends (as i am in dire need)… which leads me to my next crazy item on the agenda and that is WE FOUND A BABYSITTER!!! she came and interviewed with us yesterday and is a doll. we were given her name and info from one of the moms in our apartment complex. this girl will be sitting for us one afternoon a week and one weekend evening a week. jackson took to her very quickly, letting her hold him and play with him. paul and i will be able to continue our date nights on weekends, and life may actually begin to function in a manner that i have not yet experienced.
so bring on the snow and bring on the crazy… and cheers to a hot totty on monday!