Day One of the D.C. snow blizzard - 23 inches

Friday morning Caroline came to visit William and wish him an early happy birthday. Since his party was canceled and he's under the weather, Caroline and her mom thought William might like to open his present over the weekend and have a new toy to play with during the snowstorm.

Caroline and William are great buddies at preschool and they love to play chase and run around the playground together. William was totally surprised to see Caroline at our door (I didn't tell him she was coming) and he was so happy to know she was going to stay for a bit and play. He opened his new pirate ship and was THRILLED with the fighter jet birthday card Caroline had made for him.

Such a thoughtful friend and William simply adores her. When the snow started coming down, Caroline and her mom headed home. William and I hunkered down with tons of books, Hi Ho Cherry-O, Memory, all the airplanes, trains and movies we had on hand and we settled in for a LONG weekend inside.



Dan got home from work and William played in his old baby crib for a change of scenery (pulling out all the stops for the ol' blizzard) and we rigged up a sheet to make it a fort. The snow really picked up and by Saturday morning we woke up to this: