The Tsnownami, the Dig-out, and Other Stuff

Ellie's 100-project for school... 100 Jelly Belly jelly beans! They were celebrating the 100th day of the school year and even had a party!

The tsnownami hits...
Well, we ended up with another dumping of snow just 3 days after the last one... Lucky us! This one was another 20+ blizzard with stronger winds than the last one. If you do the math that is 49.5" of snow in less than one week, a record for Baltimore and now making the winter of 2009-2010 the snowiest winter in Baltimore's history!
Well, it is great that Ellie and I got to witness history but scheesh, ENOUGH SNOW ALREADY!!
Way too much snow and it is just getting really hard to throw that much snow so high!! You can barely see my car now!
Papoo shoveling on Wednesday. The pile behind him actually came up to his shoulders and that is on the patio.
Meme made Ellie some homemade play dough. What a fun project for a snow filled day!!
Meme mixing up the batch of hot pink!
That is Ellie's pink snake.
Margie, Ellie, and I on Wednesday evening. We ventured out to get some fresh air and so Ellie could see what was going on!
Ellie and Margie in the middle of the road after the plow came through.
One of the only times Ellie is allowed to run free in the middle of the street... She is loving it!
Mt Ellie... This is the pile at the foot of the driveway that is about 8 feet tall!
Scoping out the perfect place to do some "mountain climbing"!
Ellie and I in front of Mount Ellie.
Ellie "butt-stuck" in Mt Ellie... I just picked her up and shoved her butt first in the snow and she couldn't get out. It was way too funny. Once she finally wiggled free she said, "Do it again!"
Snow angles
Just taking a break in the snow.
Either there is one talented snow-hating dog in the neighborhood or I was just expressing my feelings with the yellow snow paint.
Ellie jumped on me and was trying to mush me into the snow... Thanks kiddo!!
All sassy-ed up and ready to venture out for a bit to run some errands.
Ellie was helping me out on Thursday at work.
Playing on her "green dot" games.
She actually know how to get on the internet and how to get to her games.
Friday night... maybe it was the snow glow from outside, the cabin fever, or just those catchy Fleetwood Mac tunes but once the CD player got turned on while making dinner, the lights got turned out and we had a fantastic dance party in the family room.
Papoo and Ellie were waving flash lights around the room and Meme and I were dancing... What a great time! 20min later we were worn out and dinner was ready, perfect timing!
Dressed up for school on Friday.
She had to take full advantage of the second day going to school that week! What a diva!
Saturday evening we went to Joelle's Valentine's party. We made necklaces, went on treasure hunts, had pizza, and watched a movie.
What fun!! They even made foam valentines!
Sunday... coloring after a wonderful Valentine's day breakfast.
We ran into Emma, Erin, Uncle Ronnie, and Aunt Pat at church Sunday evening.
Ellie insisted on holding Emma's hand while walking to the cars.