Mommy Fail

So I have my first Mommy Fail for the month of March. I've been wanting to teach Mia how to blow out her candles for her first birthday party last month. A friend of mine had taught her daughter how to do that a few years ago, and it was quite impressive. I had lit a candle in the bathroom this morning to kill the smell of bleach cleaner. When it came time to blow out that candle, I thought I'd show Mia, use it as a teaching moment. Unfortunately, the candle holder was one of those ones that look like a real tall wine glass. She wasn't getting the blowing thing, just wanted to touch it. I was holding her close arm down so she couldn't reach it. I finally gave up on the teaching moment, and blew it out myself. Then, somehow with her other arm, she reached out and knocked the candle holder down, spilling hot wax all over the bathroom counter. Thankfully, the wax didn't get on her or me. Just on my freshly cleaned bathroom counter. Fail! Hopefully this means I got my fail out of the way and I'm done for the month. For some reason, I highly doubt that.

Snowmaggedon 2011

So yesterday was day 2 of snowmaggedon 2011. It was pretty crazy to wake up to 4+ foot snow drifts in our backyard (in the exact spot where we had been shoveling the night before). We only got around 20 inches of actual snow, but the mega winds created huge drifts. Then add to that crazy thundersnow (which I unfortunately missed). It was definitely one for the record books... and the baby book.

Today, we have lots of sun, but super cold. The current temp is -9 degrees. That the temp, not the "feels like" temp. I have not left this house since Monday, cabin fever has definitely set in.

Our snow drifts in our backyard




Giant snowdrift/pile across from our driveway


On a positive note: the snow gave us a little "fenced in" yard for the dog!


Watching daddy shovel