we are iced in!!!!!!i.e.-NO SCHOOL!!!!

okay, so when chris and i went to bed last night we were pretty confident that the sleet, ice, snow mix that our fabulous weather forcasters here in st. louis called for-was not going to happened....oh it happened and is still going on and is supposed to for the next 36 hours! let me express my joy in the snow day we are having today following our oh so wonderful presidents day celebration on monday! snow days with 8 inches of snow that you can sled in are a blast-ice not so much! we started our day with scrambled eggs, toast and juice. we have had a guitar hero competition, hide the dice game (which then turned into throw the dice as hard as you can and hit your brother or sister), star wars galactic hero figures war, a game of monopoly, a few races of mario kart on their nintendo ds's, while i was in the shower a pillow fight-turned chase through the house ensued-i quickly jumped out as i heard screams followed by a few tears shed (no major injuries), a game of school, and taking care of their webkinz on the computer...all of this and it is only about 12:30. not sure what the rest of the day will hold but i'm thinking maybe a movie on pay per view or some quiet reading. i'm pretty sure that the ice brings out some bad behaviors in my kids-but then i have to remind myself that they are just that-kids- and they are creatures of habit-they have been totally uprooted from their normal schedule and they cannot get outside to run off energy. a few minutes ago i was pretty sure that my kids saving grace was that i was able to get up and go to my 6:00 am kick-butt workout class, that helped me destress and energize me for the day. when i left this morning at 5:45 it was starting to sleet-when i came out of class an hour later and had to skate to my car that was covered in a sheet of ice (which i used a cd case to scrape the windshield) i was pretty sure i would come home to cheering kids with a school closing....i was exactly right! with more ice and sleet to come i'm wondering what tomorrow may bring...i need to invest in an ice pick and crampons for the kids shoes!