(Smoke) Alarms

Yesterday morning, I was awakened by my sons. This is nothing new...Jericho is the alarm clock that most often wakes me up in the morning. But the oldest one was crying and quite literally freaking out. I thought he had hurt himself from the way he was crying. It came out that Jericho had tried to make himself some waffles. (It's pretty normal for the kids to make their own breakfast. Merrick and Tirzah both make waffles, but Jericho usually doesn't. For obvious reasons.) And that Jericho had definitely overcooked said waffles. The toaster was smoking, so thankfully Merrick thought quickly and unplugged it and ran to get me.

I think it's safe to say Jericho has learned this cooking method from his mother. ;) And like his mother, he should probably stay out of the kitchen unless absolutely necessary. It was a great start to my day, in what has already been a weird, emotional week. Nothing really wrong...I just think the Winter (and being trapped in the house because of not wanting to take 4 kids out into 20 degree weather) is really finally getting to me. But...I do have this to look forward to!

It's more like 172 days now. But we finally officially booked our 10 year anniversary (10 years?!) trip to Bora Bora. I really can't even believe it's happening. I keep telling Billy it's too good to be true. (This has always been our dream trip...and one of those things I guess I never figured we would be planning. But Lord willing it's happening the end of this Summer!) So, I guess I can muddle through a few more weeks of Winter if I've got that to look forward to. But good grief if it snows one more time.