Icemageddon -- December 2013

We had an early December surprise -- ICE!  The kids had lots of fun.  Chris and I had decidedly less fun, since we were forced to cancel a long-awaited trip to Napa because DFW came to a grinding halt and poor Chris ended up stranded in Detroit for three extra days after an already lengthy work trip.

Icy hugs.  (Note Max is prepared with his flashlight in case of a power outage.  Also note that he refused to wear gloves or a hat and was nearly frozen solid by the time he made it back inside.)

Icicles under the casita deck.

Icy trees.

Inspecting the frozen pansies.

Mini-icicles on the wrought-iron fence.

Icy Winnie.

Testing the flashlight.

Yep, it still works!

Ice-laden trees hanging in the driveway (the ice was so heavy we couldn't shake it off, and my car was trapped for days; even without the trees, our steep and narrow driveway was like an ice-rink).

Another day, more ice adventures.

My car wasn't the only trapped vehicle -- even Max's car was stuck in the ice!

Laundry basket sledding with Grandma!  (Paw and Grandma beat the ice and were in town to watch the kids for our ill-fated Napa trip.)

I love Max's big smile watching Sister having fun sliding down the hill.

Daddy finally made it back from Detroit (after ditching American Airlines, and flying Delta from Detroit to Minneapolis to Austin, then Southwest from Austin to Dallas).

Making brownies with Grandma.

Max lends a hand.

The only Icemageddon casualty, which is pretty good considering we had a two and three year old trapped at home for four days.  Thank heavens we never lost power.  And that there were brownies.