This cold snap is being called a Polar Vortex.  I know it’s a technical term to explain the temps, and wind and flow, etc.  It has definitely been chilly.  It frosted over the screws on the inside of our door on the dead bold.  We had ice in the inside of most of the windows–and a really thick layer on those with the shades closed.  And it closed down the schools for 4 days. Yup.  No school again today.  That means my kids have had 6 days off of school (if you include the weekend).  They will go back tomorrow for one day and then have another weekend.  Ha!

We are all feeling the effects of being home too many days.  Stir Crazy is in the air.  Poor Tim is feeling more of the brunt of it since I’ve been just teaching as normal.  I did move a few lesson to earlier in the day, since there was no school, in order to let them drive when it was still light out rather than dark.  Somehow the cold doesn’t seem as oppressive in the gorgeous sunny day.  I mean, look how lovely it was!  A bright, clear, sunny day–you would have had no idea it was as cold as it was!

So, we’ve been getting creative…

Tim made a big fort with the couches yesterday.  That was a big hit.  Today Chloe and I made special nutella cinnamon sugar cupcakes.  They were fun.

And I gave myself a haircut/trim. Obviously, I’m more excited about that then anyone else.  Ha!