Really?

More snow?!?!

I left my house amidst a mild drizzle and drove a mere 2.5 miles north into snow!

Spring, where are you?

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Weekend Update

After a week that felt like it would never end, the weekend arrived and is now almost over! Both Indy and E have been battling illnesses, thankfully at different times of the week, but still not fun for them. Indy is finally healthy though E still has a pesky cold.

Our weekends usually include watching SNL and one of our favourite segments is Weekend Update. Here is my Weekend Update:

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Friday -- 416BookClub: I didn't finish reading this month's book choice, The Hunger Games, but I plan to, even though the subject matter is a bit gruesome for me. Faiza, Judy, Marta, Naaz and I met at the new-ish midtown restaurant, the Burger Cellar for tasty burgers [mine was topped with Gruyere cheese and mushroom ragout], the best-sweet-potato-fries-I've-ever-had dipped in chipotle mayo, and Kawartha Dairy's delicious Moose Tracks ice cream. Oh, and I can't forget Marta's fantastic suggestion that we order fried pickles! Now I know why Snooki loves them so much!

As tired as I was, it was great catching up with the 416BC girls. Next month's my pick so I need to choose a fun eatery for us to try!

Saturday -- I took a couple of hours to myself while Indy napped to go shopping for a dress for next weekend's Pink Party [fun!] and groceries [boring]. E and I needed a low-key evening to ourselves, so we stayed in and caught up on our PVR'd shows while enjoying delicious Mexican Hot Chocolate with mini marshmallows. Kary's post put me on the quest to find some in Toronto, and I lucked out today while grocery shopping.
Sunday -- The weather is finally warming up . . . to a balmy 3 degrees Celsius today! We ventured to the park, which was desolate. Not a single other soul joined us in our trek through knee-deep snow, though if they did, Indy would probably have invited them to join him in a snow snack!

I hope this trend continues because my family has been missing our daily walks, which hasn't been good for anyone! I'm definitely one of those people whose mood is affected by the lack of sunshine. I've heard that taking Vitamin D supplements can help battle that.

Do any of you get down when the weather is bad? Have you found ways to help your mood?

Hope you're all having a restful Sunday and gearing up for a great week!

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Really?

Didn't the groundhog predict an early spring? Well, when is it arriving???

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Snow day!

our local snow clearing service hard at work

In preparation for a winter storm that was supposed to hit Toronto last night, wreaking havoc over the city, a snow day was called at school for today. How anti-climatic was it then when I woke up this morning to a new layer of snow, no worse than anything we've had so far? No blizzard, no whiteouts, definitely nothing to fret about. But who am I to complain? I get to stay home with my boys, enjoy the snow outside and then some hot cocoa by the window as we watch the snowplows clear our already-cleared streets. Bliss!

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Slip Sliding in the Snow

Our good friends, Marta and John, lent us their toboggan to use while we had E's family visiting over the holidays, but we didn't have enough snow! We finally got the chance to test it out last Friday after a mini-snowfall on Toronto.

Indy loved "sledding" and kept saying, "Do it again!" each time he got to the bottom of the hill. Mama and Papa were cold long before Indy was ready to go home, but that's probably because Indy was a little Michelin Man in all his layers! Maybe I need to invest in a pair of adult-sized snowpants!

Do you like the snow? Is there any snow where you are? I'm secretly hoping for an early spring, but I do love the look on Indy's face when he's in the snow...

building a snowgoose!

tasting the snow

"wheeeee!"

all by myself!

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