Winter Wonderland

It is soooo cold!!!  As I am writing this blog, weather.com tells me it is -10 degrees Fahrenheit outside.  With the wind chill it says it feels like -25.  It's so cold that the windowsill is covered with frost, on the inside.  It's even right by the heater.  It makes it difficult to go out and do things, but we've found some fun things we can still do in the cold.

Yesterday, when it was about ten degrees warmer, we decided to go shopping.  It took forever to heat up the car and get all the ice off it.  Then, when we come out of Walmart after shopping for about half an hour, we find that the windows are already starting to frost over again.

Kim and Joslyn sledding with neighbor Jase watching

I got to go outside this morning and try something I've been wanting to do.  I'd heard rumors that if it's cold enough, you can blow a bubble and it will freeze in the air.  We had to go test it out.  It actually worked!  The bubbles that fell to the ground right away still just popped like normal, but the ones that floated for a little while would totally freeze.  The frozen bubbles were rolling on the ground while the wind blew them around.  Then, when they popped, there were flakes of frozen bubble pieces being blown around in the wind.  It was something I would have never imagined if someone hadn't told me it could happen.

Earlier this week it was quite a bit warmer so we were able to go out and play a little bit (about 30 degrees).  We took Joslyn sledding with some friends that live near by.  She liked going down the hill a couple of times, but after that she wouldn't get on the sled anymore.  She didn't like playing in the snow either.  When we held her she'd want to get down and play like always, but when we put her down in the snow she'd get upset and ask to be picked back up.  It's hard for her to walk in it.  It's also hard for her to stand up because she's bundled up in so much clothing.  When she falls down in the snow, she just lays there until we come pick her up.

Practicing in the soccer field

We came home and practiced.  We had Joslyn lay down on the sled while we pulled it around the soccer field by our apartment.  She thought it was a lot of fun.  Whenever she sees the sled in our closet she wants to get it down and go play now.  When it warms back up, we'll try to take her sledding again.  She's doing a lot better walking in the snow too.

Today is game day.  Our two favorite teams are playing.  Of course, we still root for the Seahawks.  What's so cool is that the stadium they're playing in is about a quarter mile from our house.  We can hear the cheering and noises from here.  It's an outdoor stadium, so it's going to be very cold.  They're saying it may be one of the coldest NFL games ever.  Isaac wanted to go because the tickets are really cheap, but Kim said no way.  Joslyn likes the Seahawks too.  Whenever she sees football on TV she raises her arms above her head and says "Go!"  Also, a couple weeks ago Isaac was wearing a Seahawks shirt, and we told her the picture was a Seahawk.  Now, when we're watching football she always points at Isaac's shirt and says "hawk!"  It doesn't matter what shirt he's wearing, she still does it.