Snow Days

Winter has been pretty mild here in Cincinnati. There have been a few near misses, but for the most part no major winter storms..until yesterday. I got a call about 2 that I needed to pick up Walter & Lu, school closed early. Christie was in Chicago for the day..Kait (I hope I'm spelling her name correctly) was at the Davis house with the babies...I thought Kait might want to head home early with the bad weather and I was planning on watching the babies for a bit in the afternoon anyway, so I headed over there from school to relieve Kait and hang out. Aubrey and Quinn were awesome! They are in such a great schedule..Aubrey started getting tired so I put her in her crib, turned on the music...and never heard another peep out of her..I put Quinn down, stuck his pacifier in his mouth..and never heard a peep out of him. It was like magic! My kids would have never done that, so I was really impressed! Anyway, that gave me some time to wash bottles and play some connect four with Walter..Poor Marc spent 2 hours driving from Mason to get home..later that night Christie made it back into to town but was stuck at the airport..I went back down to the Davis house so Marc could run a rescue mission and go to get Christie. The evening shift was more difficult because I am a bad bottle feeder..Quinn always ends up upset, which then makes his belly upset, which then makes him refuse the bottle..it is really my fault, but I'm not sure what a better strategy is (any advice from you all reading this?)
And Aubrey just never seems to eat enough for me..ARGh. Stinkin' babies. Christie made it home in time to put Quinn to bed, which I'm sure was a nice ending to a really bad day. The moral of this tale, if you're looking for one, is that I became aware of, and very grateful for my close proximity to my sister's house. Thanks goodness it didn't sell last year. I would miss out on chances to even out the score..Christie has been helping me out with Walter and Lucy for almost 7 years now, and also to spend more time with Quinn and Aubrey. I know the circumstances really were not ideal, but I had a great time anyway.