Virtual Coffee

Well, hi there! It's Tuesday and half the country is either buried in snow or waiting to be buried, so a coffee date sounds perfect right now.

(Just so you know, the pictures on today's post were taken a few weeks ago. Today it is -14 degrees with a wind chill of -34. The girls and I are inside where it's warm and not outside losing fingers to frostbite. Thank you.)

If you were really here for coffee, I'd tell you that, like everyone else in the area, I went grocery shopping yesterday. I super didn't want to, but it was actually our grocery shopping day, so I needed to. Plus, we had no milk and my house can not function with out milk (or so Evan and Elisabeth firmly believe). It wasn't near as busy as I thought it'd be, but it was busier than it usually is. Julia now walks next to me when we shop. She's been protesting riding in the cart for a while now, but she would always walk off or roll all over the floor (ew) or not listen when I'd tell her we needed to leave an aisle. So, I told her the rule: If you don't listen to Mommy, you ride in the cart. Yesterday was the first day where she didn't have to ride in the cart at all. She loves to help put groceries in the cart and pick out fruit she wants to eat. She's generally fun to take to stores, which is pleasant since she's home with me all the time.

Today, since we are stuck home all day, I foresee movies and baking and maybe some art projects. Elisabeth LOVES art projects. She's always making things and gifting them to people. She's shown lots of interest in scrapbooking, so I think we might do a little bit of that today. Julia will probably color like it's her job. Oh, and reading. We'll totally need to do some reading.

I have been going through my recipes lately and organizing and menu planning. I plan on talking more about it later on Virginia Cooks, but I super love recipes. I have a new binder I'm slowly filling up full of never tried recipes that I can not wait to get to!!!!! Elisabeth was watching me clip and tape and re-write and commented, "Wow. That's a lot of recipes. I love when you make new things." She earned a lot of points for that statement.

The wind here is wicked crazy today. I mean, the wind chill alone is ridiculous, but the wind gusts are 21mph. Poor Julia keeps asking to go outside. She doesn't understand "loss of limbs to frostbite" yet. She just stares at me like I'm a moron and asks again. But, the funny thing is, the sun is shining as happy as could be. It's one of the best things about living in Colorado in the winter--the sun still shines. It makes for less depression that it's so cold out because you can still sit in the sun inside.
This Friday, Elisabeth has no school and one of her friends is coming over to play for a while. I think we're going to make and decorate Valentine's Day cookies. Evan and I don't celebrate Valentine's Day (I told him the year we started dating it was something I didn't want to do and I think that's when he decided to keep me forever) but we do celebrate it with the girls. We usually have a heart shaped dinner of some sort and get the girls something small for when they wake up. We also send out cards to loved ones. We usually make cards for Elisabeth to pass out to her classmates too, instead of the store bought ones. Makes them a little more meaningful as she passes them out. Ooh, maybe we could start on those today!!!
Thanks for stopping by today, even with the weather as frigid as it is. Make sure and stay warm by stopping by Amy's Lucky Number 13 to see how everyone else's winter storm is going with a cup of virtual coffee chat.