Mel's Blog: Wednesday, January 30, 2008

It was a freezing cold day out today. The schools were all even closed around here. Bruce got a fire going in the wood stove right away this morning. For lunch, bruce made pizza with his homemaid sauce. The kids each got to help make their own pizza. Hailey was really getting into it. She loved spreading out the dough onto the pan. She even wanted to throw it up into the air like she saw on TV, so Bruce helped her do it. She thought that was fun. Then they put on the sauce and added all the toppings. While Max was adding toppings to his pizza, he tasted a green pepper. He made a face at first but then laughed and started eating more. He loved them and ate the rest that was in the bowl. Then he tried an onion which he kept spitting out but would put it back in trying it again and again. He also tried a mushroom but didn't like that and made a funny face. He spit it out saying "Dat awky. I don't wike it." We turned the oven light on and they liked watching the pizzas cooking. Hailey kept running over to check on them. The pizzas turned out really good. Bruce always makes the best pizza sauce. He also made whole wheat dough instead on regular, and it was really good. Hailey really liked her pizza. She kept saying "I made good pizza." Max didn't eat much of his pizza. Maybe he just filled up on to many toppings and wasn't that hungry anymore. Our heater stopped working on and off today. After Bruce left for work and the fire went out, it kept getting down to 63 in the house. When I was putting Max down for his nap, he said "I cold. Wrap me up, Mommy." So I wrapped his blankie around him and he said "I peel better, Mommy." Hailey and I layed down for a rest too, but didn't go to sleep. Max only slept for an hour and woke up cold cause the heater had stopped again. I tried dressing him warm, but he kept taking off his pants and socks. Then he cried and pulled at his shirt cause he wanted that off too. So all he would keep on was his undershirt. I turned on some music for the kids to dance so they would stay warmer. Later this evening, Hailey asked if we could have a pajama party, so we all got our pajamas and robes on. We also got out their sleeping bags and spread them out in the living room. Then we each grabbed a flashlight and turned off all the lights in the house. We had fun cuddling on the floor in the living room shining our flashights on the walls and ceiling. We did that until it was time to go to bed. While I was rocking Max tonight, Hailey started crying out in the living room. Max heard her and said "Hayee hurt herself. Don't cry Hayee. It ok." She was really just crying cause her robe had come untied and she couldn't get it to stay closed so she was cold. But it was sweet how Max was trying to make her feel better. Hailey was up pretty late tonight cause she wanted to take a warm bath and then I had to call Bruce a few times about the heater. She was very tired and fell asleep right away. She even told me to go out cause she wanted to go to sleep now. Usually she asks me to stay for a little bit after I turn out the lights. It sure got cold in the house a few times, but Bruce fixed it when he came home and got it working again.