Lainey made a blanket fort on another snow day

 She's so pretty.

Another Snow day, another bunch of photos of kids with Cabin Fever

 Playing a game at the kitchen table

Yeah, she knows she's cute.

Denton CLOSED last Tuesday

Kids went to school Monday, but didn't have school for the rest of the week, due to snow and ice. Since they were home, they asked to ride their bikes... I said, not a good idea. lol

Everything in town was shut down. We were glad we had gone to Costco over the weekend.

There were rolling blackouts all over the county. My co-workers (who live together) had a black out, so they slept at our place, in Allan's bunkbed, since we had less black outs and our heater is Gas.

First lessons on the Bikes

 The other day it was closer to 65 degrees, so we let the kids ride their bikes in the driveway.

Allan's bike came with factory-installed training wheels. Elaine's bike did not. We've bought two different sets of training wheels for her bike, now. The first set would not install securely because where the guards are on her bike's design. The second set, doesn't seem strong enough to hold up to Elaine's weight. I'm sure they are meant for younger kids. When she starts to lean to the side, the training wheel folds up! So she lands on the pavement. After some un-successful laps on her bike, Elaine took Allan's bike for a ride, with no problems.
She shouldn't NEED training wheels for long, if she becomes a better rider. So we had her building her confidence riding Allan's bike because she's very nervous about the balancing-aspect.

 Elaine on Allan's lil bike with Jim walking behind her.

Elaine (on Allan's skooter) and Allan on his bike, with Jim.

Last week made my FAVORITE recipe.

 Had to make extras, because Elaine discovered months ago that she enjoys Breadcrumb-stuffed Artichokes as well.