Hello from the frozen tundra that is Denver, Colorado. I know it’s cold everywhere, but it is REALLY COLD here. I was worried we’d be stuck inside all weekend, but Joey and I did manage to leave once to see a movie and we got out on Friday night before it got too too cold, but we definitely stayed put yesterday and instead, brought the snow inside 😂

It was a normal work-from-home day for me on Friday but I did take an actual lunch break to eat and read and later on, we met Auntie Lauren, Uncle Adam and Landon at Edgewater for dinner. Sometimes our kids are pretty good at restaurants and other times, they won’t stay at the table and just try to run around the whole time. This was one of those latter times. It’s a little more okay to do at Edgewater but it’s still pretty stressful/distracting 🤪 Pretty cute when Lydi and Landon were running around together though and Dempsey got his ice cream cone and was happy 🤍 Got the kids home and into bed, then watched the Season 2 premier of Severence but uh, what happened in Season 1 again?? 😂

Woke up to snow on Saturday! I made the kids “waffle pops” and I think they got a kick out of it. Afterward, we painted our seashells from Hawaii, unloaded our grocery delivery, took a daytime bubble bath, made A LOT of red beans and rice, hung up our Valentine’s decorations, put together Legos and drank Bluey hot chocolate. My sis and Wayne came over shortly before 3, so Joey and I could go spend four hours at the movie theater. The Brutalist is a lot of movie! I’m still thinking it over, but I do love a big ambitious film and this definitely was one. I also found it incredibly sad, but ultimately, I do think I liked it. Back at home, we watched Dempsey and Uncle Wayne do a “magic trick” about ten times and then we sent our babysitters home and put the kids to bed.

My mom always made Cream of Wheat on snowy days, so I made some for the kids on Sunday morning. Dempsey had three bowls and Lydia put a spoonful in her mouth and spit it right back out 😂 I got my hair cut mid-morning then came home and made salads for the work week. Once Lydia was back up from her nap, I let the kids bring snow inside. It actually lasted longer than I had expected and kept them entertained for a solid fifteen minutes 😂 Roasted a chicken for dinner and is there anything more domestic-feeling than roasting a chicken for dinner?? We “ended” the night with popcorn and Frozen II and then, after the kids were in bed, we watched Fargo and went up to bed ourselves.

Stay warm out there, friends!