Midwinter Currently • Kath Eats

Snowmageddon hit Charlottesville on the tail finish of winter break. Right here’s a little bit of life these days!

Snowmageddon

No the snow wasn’t actually that top, however the plows have made a number of large mountains on the town! And it hasn’t actually been above freezing for 2 weeks, so it’s all nonetheless there. The excellent news is the boys have been sledding a TON and we’re loving the winter life now that they’re in class all day and sledding within the afternoons.

Snow Home

Snow Home Melting

The roof ice is severely scary! I virtually received hit with some from a constructing downtown that may have killed me or another person if it landed on my head. Now we have snow guards on our entrance roof, but it surely’s nonetheless sloshing off in chunks!

Cozy Inside

In the meantime inside, issues have been very cozy! Freshly made snuggle mattress:

Sauna blanket warmup!

The proper life hack for a snow day is to have somebody heat up the sauna blanket and climb inside to shortly heat up from toes to fingers! I labored in there one morning once I was feeling chilled.

E-book Time

Birch and I introduced a bunch of books as much as my mattress to learn, and he learn this Star Wars phonics guide all by himself! Nice present for a 5-6 yr previous who loves Star Wars.

Puzzle Season!

Minecraft puzzles with Birch. I even like doing child puzzles!

ACAC Picture Puzzle

This ACAC group ex puzzle from a 2015 photograph was a birthday present! It was thrilling to piece collectively individuals I do know.

Plant Girls

I’m loving this Plant Girls puzzle I borrowed from Ellen. The colours are comparable, however the patterns are all totally different!

Wood Puzzles

And lastly, have you ever tried wood puzzles??? As an alternative of cardboard the items are thick and fabricated from wooden. I felt like I used to be in a Survivor problem! The puzzle strikes a bit, but it surely’s SO satisfying to drop the items collectively. This crusing ship was a present for Birch, and I simply purchased this butterfly too!

Ship Hugs

Nona and Birch did this artwork mission collectively – ship a hug within the mail with life measurement arms and fingers.

Not Damaged

And talking of fingers, Mazen’s wrist just isn’t damaged! He fell in health club and heard a crack, which made for an attention-grabbing afternoon of x-rays. Fortunately he simply needed to put on a brace for a couple of days.

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Brunchin’

Katie, Sean and I went to the Kimpton Resort’s restaurant Birch and Bloom for brunch. Extremely advocate! That avocado toast was smashing good. (Get it?!)

First Basketball Sport

We went again to Birch and Bloom for drinks earlier than Sean’s first basketball recreation. Holly went to UVA and Katie grew up right here, so they’d been many occasions. It was a 9pm and too late for me, however we had a good time consuming ice cream and watching the Hoos come again and virtually win it.