January 24, 2026

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• Snow Day 1-We woke up to the ground covered in snow/sleet, and it was still coming down. We had laid a tarp out last night and weighed it down with logs so Marley, especially, would have some place familiar to potty. 
• The tarp worked well, but Robby almost killed himself trying to get the snow off the tarp so he could lift it up. He was only able to get half of it cleared so that half is what we used for the rest of the day. It worked fairly well-though Bentley will go anywhere, but Marley is a little more picky on her potty spot. We did determine that her preferred place to potty today is actually the couch. 
• Campbell was the first one awake, but she just came down for breakfast and then went back upstairs to sleep more. Keaton was the last one awake. She actually slept so long that there were only blueberry scones left because everyone else had eaten the chocolate chip scones. 
• I had tried a new recipe from my cookbook, and they were really good. I have a list of a few more things to make depending on how long this snow lasts. Though Monday will be a school day no matter the weather so maybe I won't be baking on that day.
• It was near 1 when Graham, Campbell, and Whitman found some sleds in the shed and went off to do some sledding. Keaton does not like the snow at all and has not since her boot fell off in the snow once when she was little bitty. 
• They were gone for a good bit of time-Campbell did come home with her new jacket torn in a few places. Her sled went in the ditch on her way down the hill, and something tore her jacket. She was a bit bummed, but I told her we would replace her jacket.
• Whitman and Campbell were in and out most of the day. He made bubbles to blow and try to freeze. Campbell spent a long time in the hammock. Robby and I were in and out of the house all day taking dogs potty, but the kids did help out quite a bit today with that too.
• We had potato soup for supper this evening, and then Robby, Keaton, Campbell and I played Ticket To Ride. Keaton was the big winner on this version of Ticket to Ride too-I have one more version that we will play soon so we will see if she had true Ticket To Ride skills.
• Keaton made lava cakes for our dessert tonight. They were delicious, and now we are letting Marley play for a bit before her bedtime, and I'm waiting on my dishwasher to finish so I can run it again-this is a two dishwasher load day.