Our escape from the snow

Matt and I have never left the boys for more than one or two nights and it really never occurred to me that we should. All that changed last week. My (very gracious) brother in law offered to Matt, a weeks vacation in Ft. Myers Beach Florida, at a Condo owned by his father in law. When Matt told me I automatically started planning for the boys to come with us. He very patiently waited for me to settle down and said, "I thought maybe just you and I could go." Bingo! It didn't take me long to switch gears and I'm sooooo glad we went for it.  We made plans for the boys to stay with my mom and dad with some babysitting from my lovely sister and sister in law's during the days when mom and dad had to work.

I have to say it was just what we needed even though we never knew we did. It was so good! We had so much fun together and we really didn't do much at all. That's the bueaty of it I guess. This may have been the first time but I'm thinking it won't be the last!

It was so refreshing to see flowers blooming, green grass, fresh LOCAL produce, and most importantly the sun! I think I was really struck by all the color. I was coming from seeing only shades of grey and white outside and it was such and nice change of scenery.

We loved every minute of our time away and it was really hard to drag ourselves away to come home. We were greeted at home by temperatures in the single digits, which seemed pretty cruel but we were so thankful for getting to escape it for a while.

How to deal with the snow in 7 easy steps

1. Grab a daddy and go sledding!

2. Make some art with marshmallows and toothpicks. If you are like Colin you just throw something together quick and get started munching marshmallows like they are going out of style.

3. Snuggle up with your cousins and watch a movie. If your like Colin, feel free to suck your thumb and pick your nose through the entire thing.

4. Bundle up and play outside after a blizzard.

4. Build a fort and hang out there for a day and a half.

5. Make snow ice cream and enjoy it for a bedtime snack.

6. Eat snowman pancakes that your mom was way more excited about than you.

7. Last but not least, leave your babies in the loving care of Grandma, pack your bags and head to somewhere warm and full of sunshine with your hunny.  See you later snow. I'm off to the beach:)