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Apologies for what turned out to be a rather lengthy blog break. January was a rough month. I dealt with two separate cold viruses back-to-back, one of which lasted more that two weeks. Six snow days, three late starts to school, and crazy cold weather for here took a toll. As someone who absolutely thrives on routine, I was glad to see January go. But...here I sit, with a winter wonderland outside, on our seventh snow day in just four weeks (with day eight likely to follow tomorrow).

Our earlier snows didn't amount to much and weren't really conducive to playing in for long periods of time. But this snow is nice and heavy. Great snowman (and snowball!) weather. John and the boys headed out this morning to shovel the driveway and clean off the cars before the second round of snow hits. After the work was done, it was time for play. John was the primary architect of the mini-snowman, with a bit of help from Brennan. Owen took advantage of their focused efforts to lob some ice-crusted snow chunks in their direction, in his own version of a snowball fight! Grateful for more "fun" snow this time around!