The Big Chill

This tree is normally upright and you'll notice the main trunk is actually broken. :(

Well, we were part of all that weather news that you heard this week. The ice storm hit us Monday night and Tuesday it just kept coming. The kids thought everything was fine and dandy until we lost electricity the first time. All of a sudden, it was a big deal that there was no Christmas music, videos, Christmas lights on the tree and no hot cocoa after sledding! God was kind and we had electricity in time for a hot dinner that night. It got really interesting when the power again went out while the kids were taking baths that night. Even with candles, they seemed unsettled and Goose announced to reassure the others, "this is how the Amish live". Spiderman was not impressed with this development and I was amazed at how quickly someone can become dependent on electricity when living in America. The kids had a campout in the girls room to conserve body heat as we had no heat until about 10 am the next day. Wed and even Thurs we played "how long will it last?" - trying to guess how long the electricity would stay on for the next round. We really can't complain though, so many in our county were without electricity for days and as the boys learned, you can sled much faster on ice!