Snowprah

This is mostly for our friends and family who are not in Chicago: Yes, the storm is here. It seems to be as big as predicted. We're all at home, all is well, school is already cancelled for tomorrow and I think work is mostly cancelled, too. Unless Ben decides to trudge to the other side of "the compound" (across the parking lot) to work on a sermon.

There are lots of great nicknames for the storm going around: Snowbowl (in honor of Sunday's game), snOwMG!, Snowtorious B.I.G. Snowprah is my favorite: it's all over the tv and it's taking over Chicago.

As long as the power stays on, we're set. I believe pancakes are on the menu for breakfast tomorrow. Then I'm hoping the boys will go to separate rooms and play quietly for 8 hours. More likely we will spend most of the day trying to be entertained enough to avoid bloodshed.

We're reading The Boxcar Children, which they love, so the last 50 pages of that might use up an hour. I'm hoping they'll start imitating the Boxcar foursome: such hardworking, polite, happy children. Unfortunately, my children are real people.