Timber, Wind & Snow, Duct Tape Barbie Clothes

 So apparently last night Timber was joy riding in Ms. Fisher Price's pink minivan. He was probably cruisin' the halls around here and Santa's crib. He showed up this morning on top of the microwave...goofy elf. (You lucky blog-readers get to see how dirty my microwave is. It's clean inside. Just kidding...it's not really.) The kids got to enjoy him all day because of the wonderful wintry conditions that prevented them from going to school. I'm not sure how much it actually snowed because the wind was pretty effective at blowing everything sideways all day. I hope you can tell from these pictures just how windy it was:

 Brrr. Seriously. It was great motivation for me to stay inside and work up a sweat cleaning my dirty, neglected bathrooms, sweeping up two massive piles of dirt, and even vacuum the cushions on my couch. Too bad all that progress will be negated by tomorrow night (that long - if I'm lucky.)

 Then later in the afternoon the sun peeked out for just a minute or two and the kids enjoyed driving their scooters through the drifts on the front porch. Yes. Scooters. Snow. Explain it to me if you figure it out.

 Then later on Bekah and I played around with duct tape clothes for Barbie. My nieces love barbies and I thought it would be fun to send them some duct tape so they could design their own fashions for their dolls. (Sorry, Katie - spoiler alert...) I played around with some duct tape we had to get the feel for it so I could give them instructions. It was actually really fun! To do it you attach the tape to wax paper and then cut it in the shape you want. You use extra strips of duct tape to close the back and cinch the waist. Then when everything is all fitted you cut the dress/shirt/skirt off Barbie an attach an extra little flap of duct tape to the slit. Then attach sticky-back velcro to the flap so that the clothes can come on and off.

 I had planned on sending these clothes to my nieces but Bekah really like them. I think it will be fun to go buy patterned duct tape (tie die, leopard print) to do some more.

Now just cross your fingers that the weather improves tomorrow...a mother can only take so much...