Kittens

Nala had her kittens Saturday morning. Apparently around 5:30am Ben woke up, turned on his light and watch the whole process from his bed. He didn't tell me until after breakfast. There are 5 little ones that survived.

March

I always think of March as spring but it never is here in Colorado. We had over a foot of snow on Sunday and then another 4" or so yesterday. It will warm up over the next few days so it should melt of pretty quickly. I do have a Hyacinth plant blooming in my window....the boys made Mike buy it for me what they were at Safeway on Saturday. Mike was in getting Michael's prescriptions for yet another bout of pneumonia. I was at a Wildland fire refresher class and so Mike had to take him to the doctor's to get checked and put on oxygen. We kept him home from school Monday but he was SO worried about missing his CSAP testing we let him go in Tuesday and Wednesday with his oxygen. He was really feeling great but his lungs weren't quite ready. He's back full swing today and without the oxygen.

We're fostering a very sweet Momma cat...we'll, she's a Momma to be. She's hanging out in Ben's room (which he loves) and we're just waiting for those kittens to appear any day now.

Mike will be out in Juneau for 2 weeks starting Monday. I'm sure we'll have some sort of blizzard again at that time....he's been out of town for our last 2 big ones.

Ben's 8th Birthday

Friday was Ben's 8th Birthday. We had a quiet night at home with presents

and cake and then headed to the Denver Aquarium Saturday afternoon.

Pinewood Derby

The Cub Scout annual "Pinewood Derby" was today. In earlier years I put the cars together and the boys didn't fare well. This year Mike did it and while Ben did okay, Michael placed second in his Den and made it to the finals. Happy, happy!

Winter Cold

Our resident deer that hang around. I did throw out some old bread...no bear this time of year to worry about.

A warm day here today...a high of 32*! We had 5" of snow Tuesday night and it hasn't even thought of melting since the weather has been highs of 10-15*.

Michael's cold turned into pneumonia and has been home on oxygen since Thursday. He's still having a tough time with his oxygen levels at night but seems to be doing pretty well during the day. A good thing they are scheduled off from school on Monday as it will give him another day to rest. He insisted on bringing his backpack to the doctor's office Thursday morning in case the doctor said he could go to school afterward. At least one of them is happy to go off to school in the mornings!

CHRISTMAS

I hope everyone is having a great Christmas. Surprisingly it wasn't our children that were up first this morning....the hail driving against our bedroom window woke us at 4:30. I think we did doze for a while after it turned to snow and agreed to get out of bed around 6:30. Lego's were a main staple of our gift giving this year. They were a hit until they opened the Nintendo DS's that Mike bought for them. Hum, they should be happy and occupied in the car out to visit Doris. I thank everyone for their gifts..Donna, the boys opened the Marble game and we had instant chaos with marbles everywhere. I wasn't able to get them to read the rules at the time but we will work on that.

It is still snowing and so the predicted 2-4" is currently 8". We are hoping it stops soon the roads will be reasonably clear tomorrow.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve. Thanks to Dawn and Grandma and Grandpa for letting the kids open a few presents early! Of course, I've lost my computer today to Webkins and Norad Santa Claus sightings. Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. We are expecting a White one with 3-4" falling overnight.

Michael with his electronic lab.....

Christmas light central.....