nibble nibble

We got a slightly panicked email from my mom last night, informing us that the weather had taken a turn for the worse, and the ice and snow we were expecting later in the day on Sunday was actually going to start at 6am. This threw our plans into a little bit of a tizzy, since there's only one thing worse than the idea of driving in an ice storm: driving in an ice storm on the Jersey turnpike. Shudder.

We left the hotel by 7am this morning and made it home in one piece by 11:30. Smooth sailing. There was hardly anyone on the road and thankfully the storm was much weaker than anticipated. The worst part of the drive was probably in Maryland and Delaware, when at it's most harrowing point our windshield and wipers kept icing over, making it very difficult to see much of anything. It was a slightly stressful 45 minutes.

Since Sylvie's sleep was all messed up from the entire weekend (going to bed after midnight both nights, waking up earlier than usual both mornings, oh and did I mention that she refused to nap yesterday afternoon?) and John and I were beat from the driving and the weather and the toddler wrangling, we spent the entire day in bed or on the couch. We watched some tv, napped a bit, read some books. It was delightful!

At some point we got motivated enough to finish decorating the tree and the rest of the house. Which included hanging this advent calendar from Mary. We put a little piece of chocolate in the number 2 box and let Sylvie go to town.

Right before she took this bite she looked at me and said "nibble nibble".

Sharing her nibbles with daddy. Note the following two things:
1. my husband does not actually have a hump back.
2. isn't our Target tree, for $19.99 thankyouverymuch, just adorable?!