Alrighty...so today officially stunk. The day started on a bright note with the roads being somewhat passable. They had been packed down enough with no ruts so small cars could get out. So I called Hertz to go and pick up the car (score one for Jen as she told me I should call before I went over)...well, apparently Hertz had not gotten around to getting their cars out of the snow...so we had to wait until they called...well they never did...GRRRR! I finally called them about 3pm and they were like...oh yeah sure...your car is ready. Well, the sun had softened the hard pack so by afternoon the roads were a bloody mess. Even the 4WD vehicles were getting stuck. Stacy (our neighbor) offered to try to get me to the Hertz pickup...but we got stuck at the entrance of her drive...yes...we only made it about 3 ft before getting stuck. Yuck...so Hertz officially screwed us today. On the bright side...I was home for the entire day and being a somewhat young male...that apparently entitles me to hours of getting other cars unstuck. You see, almost the entire neighborhood went out this morning when the roads were good...and they all came back when they were not. There were 5 cars stuck on our road at one time. It was sooo awesome. In total we got a total of 9 cars into their driveways...I told everyone that we should have just shoveled the entire street to start with as it would have been faster...I do not think that anyone was amused except me ;-)
On a bright note, I did get to play with Kade in the snow again for the better part of the day...today we made a "cave" (as Kade called it) in the giant snow pile in the front yard. He got in it and immediately said that it was a "big cave" and that there were spiders and bats...well, you gotta give him credit. At another time during the day (daddy not present - probably either pounding beers or getting cars unstuck) Kade was pushing Jen's buttons a little - ok what's new about this you say.... Well, apparently she got a to the breaking point and sent him to time out. He proceeded to tell Jen to "settle down"...gee, not sure where he learned that one :-) We also had one last funny run-in with Kade today. He was re-arranging the presents. For some reason he wanted his birthday present over against a different wall. I said to myself "Self, this is not a battle worth taking" so he proceeded to move the presents around. Well, he immediately fell down on his butt...apparently slipping on some imaginary ice or water. Remarkably the crying never came...hmmm, interesting. Well about 20 mins later we are in the kitchen making dinner and he was pointing to his head...so naturally I kissed it to make it feel better (FYI - the magical powers of a kiss at this age is somehow stronger than any form of medicine). He immediately turned and pointed to his backside and said "kiss my butt". Jen and I just looked at each other and started laughing...I am sure Payton thinks we are all quite nuts ;-)
And that was our wonderful day of waiting for the snow plow to arrive!
On a bright note, I did get to play with Kade in the snow again for the better part of the day...today we made a "cave" (as Kade called it) in the giant snow pile in the front yard. He got in it and immediately said that it was a "big cave" and that there were spiders and bats...well, you gotta give him credit. At another time during the day (daddy not present - probably either pounding beers or getting cars unstuck) Kade was pushing Jen's buttons a little - ok what's new about this you say.... Well, apparently she got a to the breaking point and sent him to time out. He proceeded to tell Jen to "settle down"...gee, not sure where he learned that one :-) We also had one last funny run-in with Kade today. He was re-arranging the presents. For some reason he wanted his birthday present over against a different wall. I said to myself "Self, this is not a battle worth taking" so he proceeded to move the presents around. Well, he immediately fell down on his butt...apparently slipping on some imaginary ice or water. Remarkably the crying never came...hmmm, interesting. Well about 20 mins later we are in the kitchen making dinner and he was pointing to his head...so naturally I kissed it to make it feel better (FYI - the magical powers of a kiss at this age is somehow stronger than any form of medicine). He immediately turned and pointed to his backside and said "kiss my butt". Jen and I just looked at each other and started laughing...I am sure Payton thinks we are all quite nuts ;-)
And that was our wonderful day of waiting for the snow plow to arrive!
3 comments:
Sound like Rob and Kade had a great time in the neighborhood and snow. Love the cave! And kids do say the funniest things; remember this when he gets older.
Oh ... I do remember the caves! They were awesome. Now I see Kade in that cave and I think to myself ... what if it collapses and Kade is in it? What a difference 40 years makes!?!
The thought did cross my mind...but I figured...how can you not have a snow cave!
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