Got His Work is Cut Out for Him

HA! I crack me up! After nearly eight years of cringing and then praying every time I heard a windstorm (I even went so far as to move Xavier into Mal's room), most of the menacing trees have been removed. Hooray! One cherry and three pines, each approximately 80+ feet tall, have been cut down. There is yard clean up to do and I see some bonfires in our future. Hellooooooo s'mores and campfire banana boats!

The Day I Had a Heart Attack

According to the weather report, we were supposed to get what amounted to several feet or more of snow from the middle of the week through the weekend. Overnight Tuesday it looked like we were going to have that storm. We ended up with maybe 10 inches of snow by Wednesday morning. It was heavy and wet snow and the temps warmed up quite a bit by midday. Surprisingly, we haven't really had any more snow until just a few minutes ago, so I don't foresee much accumulation. It could happen, it is still February in Vermont after all.

Anyhoo, the boys and I were out playing in the snow when the roof let go of its load right on top of Xavier. He is fine, but he went for quite a tumble. I also am quite sure I had a heart attack. I am old after all. There is nothing like seeing your baby bowled across the yard by an avalanche of roof snow to get your heart pumping! He was buried, horizontally, up to his neck. I quickly dug him out and handed him off to Daddy for some rest and a warm up, and a quick check. After making sure Mal was OK (he was sledding nearby) I dug Xav's boots out of the snow where he got pulled out of them. He was so angry. He really wanted his boots so he could stay outside and play. Then I just broke down and thanked God that he was OK. Man, it is tough being a parent sometimes.

If you want to see video of the yard and car and buried BOOTS!, click here.

Xavier's ABCs

This is about a month ago, and he is much better now. Q is still "Kwoo". :D

Xav's ABCs

Good Hygeine is Important

Happy 3rd Birthday Xav!

Snow Fun (or Not-Snow-Fun for Mom)

Maybe you remember the toys-out-the-window incidents? This was the first one.
Just some January pics of all the real snow fun.

Winter Storm Warning

I can't believe it has been nearly four months since I last posted. Yikes! What a slacker. Anyway, I have a couple of pictures of today's storm damage (actually, only one, because I only had a video of the downed tree...). Aside from the usual "chasing of the random loose stuff from our yard and the neighbor's yard", we had a tree down. Conveniently, it fell away from the house. Phew! Our barn roof was messed up too. A tree narrowly (like by mere inches) missed our neighbor's house.

And because I know you don't come here for anything but to peek at the boys, here they are (and Cass).