Friday, December 12, 2008

Power outage

The power went out at about 2am last night, and came back on ~4:15pm today (ice storm). It got a fair bit chilly. Normally no big deal, but since we have a wee one trying to sleep next door to us who hasn't yet grasped the concept of using a blanket, it does present some challenges. After spending the morning at the mall, where it was warm, I debated in which setting Owen would resist napping the most: at a friend's relatively unfamiliar house or in a cold crib. We opted for cold crib since it wasn't too terribly icy cold (upper 50s/maybe 60 I'd say)...but it was chilly enough that I thought the little man could use a few layers to encourage nap success. We ended up with onsie + socks + thermal shirt + footie fleece pj's + sweatpants + fleece jacket + fleece slippers. He was a cute little insulated snowman. Knowing the slippers would not be long on the feet, when I was putting him in the crib I looked at him very sternly and told him that it is very cold, the heat is broken and do NOT take those slippers off. I was shocked that they were still on when I went in to put blankets on him after he was asleep. It was chilly enough that I spent his nap under my covers, too, and ended up asleep. Not a bad afternoon. I really feel for anyone who is still without power; it is a cold night. At one point we heard that it may have been til Monday until repairs were complete, so we are grateful for the early reprieve.



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