Pool Party: Ice Day!

I wasn't planning on going to work on Monday. I needed an extra day of rest. And a day with my baby girls. But as things turned out, I got that time, plus some, without having to use a sick day! I think my new guardian angel had a part in that. She was adamant about me not wasting my sick days for things for her when I didn't need to. She always told me that I needed to save them in case the girls were sick or needed me. So when I admitted to Josh that I needed Monday off to be with him and the girls, my Mama saw to it that I got just that! She sent me ~~SNOW~~ ICE!! Here in Texas, we don't really get "snow days". Our frozen stuff comes in the form of ice. Ugh. But at the Pool house, we try to make the best of it. Monday morning was a pretty "down" time for me. All of our company left on Sunday, so we woke up to just us in the house and our new normal without her to deal with. The girls BEGGED to go out and play. We put them off until noon to let it "warm up" a bit. But when we said it was GO time, they were running around like crazy people jumping and smiling. Just what the doctor ordered for my heart! It took me what seemed like an hour to get the three of us dressed. Two layers, two pairs of socks, ski bibs, coats, gloves, hats, scarves........ Yep- It was an ordeal to say the least! But they enjoyed it, so that's all that mattered! This year we had our own buggy to play on, so the Riley's didn't have to cart us everywhere. the girls LOVED that! Daddy rigged up an old river tube to the buggy with a rope and we drug them around for hours! Carter even had a sled that Schaef pulled behind their buggy. Fun was had by all!