Midwinter These days • 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 at school all day and sledding within the afternoons.

Snow Home

Snow Home Melting

The roof ice is significantly scary! I nearly bought hit with some from a constructing downtown which may have killed me or another person if it landed on my head. We have now 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 right 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 after I was feeling chilled.

Guide Time

Birch and I introduced a bunch of books as much as my mattress to learn, and he learn this Star Wars phonics e book all by himself! Nice reward for a 5-6 12 months previous who loves Star Wars.

Puzzle Season!

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

ACAC Photograph Puzzle

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

Plant Women

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

Picket Puzzles

And lastly, have you ever tried picket puzzles??? As a substitute of cardboard the items are thick and made 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 challenge collectively – ship a hug within the mail with life dimension arms and fingers.

Not Damaged

And talking of fingers, Mazen’s wrist will not be damaged! He fell in fitness center and heard a crack, which made for an fascinating afternoon of x-rays. Fortunately he simply needed to put on a brace for a number of days.

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Brunchin’

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

First Basketball Recreation

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 nearly win it.