can I get a glass with that whine?

There hasn't been much to report around here, as we've been in a snow-induced hibernation of sorts.   I've had a head cold for two weeks now and I've forgotten what it feels like to breath and hear like a normal person.  And let me tell you, being hearing impaired while you're snowed in for 11 days with your two sons has its advantages.

Yep, we're on Day 11 of the boys being home from school.  11 days of staying up late, sleeping in, eating leisurely breakfasts, and not having to be anywhere, anytime.   11 days of hibernation.

When we look out our front door, this is still what we see.  Nothing but piles of white.  Probably until April.

And then there is this little situation in the front yard we're going to have to take care of sooner or later:

Logan has taken on a fierce independence (which more or less stems from his total lack of patience waiting for anyone to help him) and now makes his own cheese sandwiches and picks out his own outfits every day.  Which is why today he's wearing his dress corduroy pants and a Halloween shirt. 

And though we've tried to fill these long days with some sledding (as much as our backs could stand)...

...and some mean rounds of Bananagrams, Skyping with Grandma and Grandpa, baking, Wii marathons, planning two vacations, there has admittedly been a lot of TV in our lives, too.

I spent three days obsessing over this puzzle, with some help from Andrew.

All complaining aside, we've made the most of these 11 snowy days with some good solid family time.  Andrew worked from home all of last week and we hunkered down for some days and evenings filled with coziness, good food and friends, Olympics watching, cookie baking, game playing, story reading and just being together.

Sometimes its nice to slip into hibernation and let time stand still for a little while.