From Sunday afternoon (Feb. 2nd) to Friday morning (Feb. 7th), the girls of the family didn’t step outside, not one step, nada…of the door of the house. I opened the door for a total of two times…maybe. It opened in the morning for Wooster to go out, then for him to come home in the evenings. That’s it.
The temps in our little spot didn’t break in the positive numbers until Friday morning. NEGATIVES…..ALL WEEK LONG. Not the “feels” like temps, but the REAL temps. The “feels like” was just even more in the negatives.
On a day where the negatives got around -5 for the high, Wooster joked and said that it actually felt a little warmer.
The days inside were spent working on school work, playing, playing, playing, eating and playing some more. We would all get excited when we would hear the guys bringing the tractor by to feed the mamas in front of the house. Ruby would run to the back window to watch them, and wave. The young guys are really good about glancing over and waving back.
(last time we were outside. Sunday afternoon)
(School work. Making George Washington’s hair.)
(Clara playing. She likes playing with her reflection on the front of the dishwasher.)
So, what do we do when the air warms up to 12 degrees?
WE GO OUTSIDE!!!!
On Friday, the girls ventured to the library for story time, got stuck behind 600 mama cows, watched ducks play in frozen waters (from our warm truck) and made it back inside. That was all of our “outside time”. On Saturday, Wooster had a half day off, so he and Ruby did some nature walks and snow play. Then on Sunday afternoon, there was more snow play, riding the tractor for the hay busting for the young cow gals and cattle discussions.
So, what’s on the agenda for the next seven days???
Not the negatives…but…
Positives and OUTSIDE TIME!
