The Calm Before The Storm

Sometime today it is going to hit her that she's not in school. After two vacation days last week (MLK and a teacher development day), one day in class and then two days sick before the weekend, Noelle was fairly bouncing off the walls last night with the anticipation of finally going back to see her friends. I was a little nervous that her stomach seemed to be upset, but as long as she wanted to go, I was ready to send her. Too bad that we woke up to several inches on the ground and the promise of 7-10" as the day progresses. They don't seem to close school EVER but there was no way I could see myself digging our car out from half a foot of snow this afternoon.

So WE are having a snow day, even if the rest of Noelle's class isn't. And so far, so good. She got up wanting breakfast right away (as usual), watched a little TV, watched the snow come down for a bit, and has been downstairs with her colored pencils ever since. Almost too good to be true - I was expecting a real tantrum this morning after all the excitement about school last night. We'll see how it goes this afternoon when the boredom sets in.