365 in 2015 - End of Week 8

This week was a crazy, crazy one! We had an ice storm Monday night into Tuesday. My kids had finally gotten over the lingering colds they had had only to get a stomach virus as well. We had a pipe freeze (but thankfully thaw out and not burst), our heat kept not working properly thanks to low gas pressure (Jon thinks it's a city problem since nothing he's tried to fix it has worked), and we got to meet with our lawyer and the City of Lawrenceville for mediation because of ongoing storm water runoff issues. And I only missed one day! Needless to say, I made what pictures I took fit into another random assortment of topics from multiple photo challenges. 

Day 15: (Stuffed) Animal

Shelby couldn't get any of her siblings to play her in a game of chess, so she set up the game with her bear, Myna. I must say I was impressed she completely knew how to set up the board correctly! I didn't see the complete game, so I'm not sure how much she remembers of how to move each piece, but her brother has taught her well! 

Day 16: Growing Up

Our regular Monday plans got cancelled because of the coming storm, so we finally let Clayton watch Jurassic Park. He'd been wanting to see it for a long time and he was thrilled to finally be allowed. I remember being terrified watching that movie in the theater when it came out, but he got up thinking it wasn't scary at all! (The girls were watching a girly movie on our computer instead.)

Day 17: Ice

We woke up Tuesday to lots of ice and no power! We headed to mom's house for a little while since we couldn't make anything to eat at home and she still had power. I took a bunch of pictures which are in a couple other posts. These two were my favorites by far though, so I saved them for my 365 post! 

Day 18: Sunset

The sky was absolutely gorgeous Wednesday evening! I had to run out to the store and made a detour to get the best view of this sky (while still staying relatively close to the house).

Day 19: Freedom

Shelby was the first to get sick this week, and she was also the first to get better. Her sisters went down, and she took advantage of the situation to go play with their toys in their bed. I don't know how long she sat up in Paige's bed playing with her ponies and dolls. She was quite content playing happily by herself! 

Day 20: Someone you love

My sweet Chey (say it "shy") letting me take her picture after she was feeling better! 

Day 21: Colorful

This is Shelby's favorite toy! It plays each instrument's sound and you can add multiple instruments to the middle to hear them together. It's a really neat toy, and one all the kids actually enjoy!