Brrr.......it's freezing here

Last year, I know I said this quite a few times, but it's freezing here in the winter time. Yesterday, the temperature was 50 degrees, but it rained all day long and melted all of the snow on the ground. However, over night, the temperatures plummeted and we had freezing rain. This morning, when we woke up, the temperature was 7 degrees and the wind chill was -10 degrees. Yes, that's right MINUS 10 degrees. This cold weather is definitely not for us. As everyone who knows me, knows I hate wearing a winter jacket, gloves, scarves and hats. This morning, no matter how many layers we put on, it was still freezing! The kids were all bundled up, but were still cold as well. I normally warm the car up before I leave, however, this morning the layer of ice was so thick that Rick had to scrape the windshield for me as well. You know it's cold when the windshield wiper fluid freezes as you are driving down the highway. The temperature did not get above 15 degrees today and tomorrow the forecast is for snow. At least, if it's going to be cold, I would rather see snow.

AJ is very excited because this is his last week of school before the Christmas vacation. He just can't wait. I am not sure if he is more excited about being out of school or the fact that Santa is going to be here in less than 10 days. I love to listen to him talk about Santa. I am pretty sure he still believes in Santa, but he knows enough to know that the Santa in the mall is not real. He thinks it's one of Santa's elves. He told me this is how Santa can be at the North Pole making toys and still know what everyone wants for Christmas. I will be very sad the day that he no longer believes in Santa. I really hope this is not the last year he believes.

Ashleigh, on the other hand, still believes in everything about Santa. She was very excited today, because Santa came to her school and she got a present and a candy cane from him. I just hope that when AJ stops believing in Santa, he does not ruin it for her. That will be a very sad for us when she does not believe!

I will post some pictures later this week! Hope everyone has a good week!