January 10, 2025

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• Snow days are just wonderful. I still woke up at 9 to get started on the day, and when every kid came down the stairs this morning, they commented on how bright it was in the house because of the snow.
• I had to wake most people up. First, I woke up Whitman to help me make cinnamon rolls. He was around long enough to make the dough, but then Campbell was up so they headed outside. 
• I figured that Graham would probably want to join them so I woke him up, and he soon came outside to help. They made a really huge snowman, though Campbell and I almost could not get the second ball up on to where it belonged.
• They were out there for a while, and I begin to think that maybe I should get Keaton up since she was outside for a long time last night. She does not like snow-she vividly remembers when she was a little girl, and her boot came off. We had been sledding on the other road, and we were walking back to the house so I had to carry her bootless back to the house. 
• However, after I woke her up, she headed outside and stayed out there for a bit. Whitman and she worked on a chair-at one time I heard it was an igloo, at another time it was a fort, but it ended up being a chair.
• I think that everyone spent some time outside-some people even spent some time outside barefoot (Anderson). Keaton actually ran barefoot to the trampoline at least once this evening.
• I was busy throughout the day-I finished the cinnamon rolls with Whitman. Last weekend we also had cinnamon rolls, but this recipe was better. I have one more recipe to try out, and then I will know the correct cinnamon roll recipe to use.
• After the rolls, I made a few loaves of sourdough sandwich bread. Anderson had wanted homemade hot chocolate so I found a recipe for just a mug of it. The mug I made for me was rich and delicious, but he compared his to water even though I made it out of milk so I'm not sure what I did differently. 
• Then for supper I made grilled cheese with the sandwich bread from earlier. Anderson asked if we had any tomato soup, and since he rarely asks for anything I found a recipe using what we had to make him some. All of this cooking has just about worn me out though!
• I did have time to finish my little crochet penguin that I have been working on. He is cute, and now I am anxious to get myself to hobby lobby to buy some yarn.