It’s a winter wonderland! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
On top of the 3″ of ice still covering my driveway and sidewalk, on top of already 2″ of snow in the yard, we now have 8″ of fresh heavy snow to top everything. Eric ventured outside today for a few minutes while I was clearing the snow from the driveway, er, iceway. Then he was ready to go back in. Apparently, he thought Mommy was taking him to the store. He wasn’t prepared for just standing outside or playing in the snow. So, after just a few minutes in the driveway, Mommy took him back in the house. I continued clearing the snow from the cars and the driveway.
Earlier this week, we got the ice. Thursday after I went to work, Mommy decided to try and go to Grandma’s house. I had forgotten to tell Mommy to not even try, since her little car was iced in pretty good. I took the bigger car to work, because I did not know what the road conditions would be. While Mommy was trying to get the car out, Eric waited in his seat. Mommy tried everything from salt to carpets, but she could not get any traction to drive out of the ruts. Mommy persisted for quite a while until Eric said, “I just want to go home!” This comment from Eric finally convinced Mommy to give up, and they went back into the warm house. That evening, Eric told me the whole story. He told me how he said, “I just want to go home”. He repeated this several times to be sure that I understood him. I praised him and said that he had a great idea. I also thanked him for taking good care of Mommy. I was worried that Mommy might have fallen or strained her back or something. Eric had it all under control. He described the sound to me, “Rrrr Rrrr Rrrr”, as the wheels just spun in place. “Rrrr Rrrr Rrrr” “It was stuck!”
That evening, after Eric went to bed, I went outside to get the small car unstuck. On Friday, I drove the little car to work, and Mommy and Eric went over to Grandma’s house. Cousin Tyler was out of school due to the weather, so he and Eric played. They all went to Monkey Joe’s to play. This is an indoor playground for kids that has all inflatable slides, bouncing houses, etc. They had so much fun! Eric talked all night about it. When I got home, he told me “We went to Monkey Joe’s!”
Eric also told me about a “pancake stack”. Apparently this was on one of his shows that he watched during the day. He kept talking about the “pancake stack”, so I asked him if he wanted me to make him a pancake stack for breakfast tomorrow morning. He said, “Yes! Only Mickey’s ears!” He was referring to the Mickey Mouse pancakes that I always make for him. I make a big deal about the ears when he is eating, referring to the ears as “ear meat”. He likes the ears. So this morning, I made all “ear meat” pancakes for breakfast – really small pancakes. “Oh how cute! Silver dollar pancakes!”, Mommy said. I stacked 3 of these on Eric’s plate. He was thrilled! He ate 2 full stacks and half of a 3rd stack. He loved it!