1/2 a year

Wade is a tornado through the house and then has extreme meltdowns that he wants his blanket on, no he doesn't, yes he does, no he doesn't, all within four seconds and it's extremely frustrating for all involved. Is this just normal 2 year old behavior???  Please reassure me?  Or just tell me the cold, hard, dirty facts. 

Speaking of cold, it is. So cold, in fact, that church was cancelled because of extreme temperatures last week!!  We were bundled up folding laundry on the couch, watching Sherlock Holmes (love!!  The movie) when the email came Saturday night.  We were very surprised. But we had a devotional and party (which always includes dominos-Mexican train) at our house, with a few fellow church-goers in the area Sunday instead. 

This is what I documented Saturday night after receiving the news:

So I was never worried about staying warm. Next time I will cover my nose. 

But -24 is piddly compared to Mondays forecast:

Can I get a HOLY CRAP -50 WHAT do you do at such temperatures??  Well not go outside, duh!  These are times school is cancelled. Fellow mid western friends confirm this is not the norm and is quite a cold winter. I think I read the farmers almanac said it would be a very cold winter. BTW what is the farmers almanac?  Like crop and weather fortune telling???  They are always right, it's magical. 

Besides the weather and my mother-of-a-2-year-old-woes, I am in love with my husband. 

New Year's Eve we spent the night at Susan's (mother in law) in St Paul. New Year's Day we walked the skyway (did you know Minneapolis and St Paul cities have indoor walkways throughout all the buildings so you don't have to walk outside when it's -50???  It's pretty awesome.) Anyway we walked to the train depot they just restored and Susan told us this exact clock has a sweet romantic history of a couple saying goodbye or getting engaged under it before the war and then they got married there and took a pic under it every year. So we did our thing. Sorry if you don't want to see it but I write this blog for me, not you ;)

While we may appear to be extremely passionately kissing, we are mostly just laughing while our faces are pressed together.