Monday moments of gratitude - March 28th

Monday, March 28, 2016

Linking up again with Shaunacey to recount my moments of gratitude over the last week.

First and foremost this last week I'm grateful for electricity. And the men and women who's job it is to make sure it gets to my home!! The ice storm late last week was a bad as expected or maybe worse. And we didn't have power for 18 hours. I thought that was bad but some still don't have power and haven't since last Thursday.

We lost power at 7pm Thursday evening. thankfully I had just finished cooking dinner. We ate by candlelight and did crafts lit by flash lights. We went to bed early and prayed for it to come back on

Next morning still nothing and I needed coffee badly. I spent 45 minutes chipping ice off the car so we could go out and drive around the city of Barrie. No joke, we drove around for two hours, managed to find coffee, a gas station that would let us pump gas, and the only open McDonalds. SCORE!! Thankfully early afternoon we had power back. I could at that point enjoy how pretty the ice was. Here's a few snaps over the course of the 18 hours from my iPhone.

I'm also grateful for Long weekends. Having 4 days off (with a bonus half day because of the ice storm) is good for the soul. Hanging with the family all weekend has been great. Though I'm ready for these kids to get back to school!!

Pinterest is next up on my list. I saw the coolest idea of a umbrellas used as easter baskets! I loved this idea for my younger two, and adjusted the idea for my teens. I try not and over do it at Easter, as it's not Christmas, and when I was a kid I hunted a few eggs, got a chocolate bunny, maybe a dressed and called it a day.

What the young kids got: Skipping rope, bubbles, shopkins blind bag, colouring book, sidewalk chalk, Peeps, Kinder Egg, Old Navy Dress, American Girl Sleeping bag, My Little Pony, Tsum Tsum from Disney Store, and hair stuff & EOS.

The Teen Easter Boxes: Wooden Box from Michaels. Shirt from old Navy, Bath & Body works stuff, random candy, Pony Tail holders from Old Navy, Tsum Tsum's, Davids Tea Easter Eggs (as pictured above) and of course EOS.

Last but not least, my last thankful moment is for the return of nice weather. The kids played outside all day Sunday. I let them run around in their 'gym' clothing. So don't judge the photos, I let them be kids, and they DO NOT match, and their hair is not brushed, but they we outside and that's all that counts!