Well, by now we should have been in west Texas, headed to New Mexico. However, nature intervened and we’re sitting around the house watching movies, cleaning house, and blogging. This morning our house looked like this:

Pretty icicles!

We decided not to find out how icy I-35 and I-44 were. Here’s some various ice-storm related images.

Another shot of the eaves:

Margaux is a trooper. She insisted on going out to play “in the crunchy grass,” even going so far as to break the ice off of the swing so she could use it.

Finally, some pretty holly berries. Funny thing…I’ve been needing to prune the lantana bush. I found that when it’s covered in ice you can actually just kick the branches and they break off. (Probably not a method endorsed by the OK Gardeners Association, but it worked pretty well, and kept me warm, too.)

This is a copy of Margaux’s letter to Santa. It reads:

Dear Santa:

How have you ben? I wunt a cumeleun [chameleon] an elephant and a roodolf costoom [Rudolph costume].

Love,
Margaux

Love the “how have you been?”

And this is a copy (bad quality pic taken w/my phone) of a Christmas card we sent to a much-loved former babysitter. We had M draw a picture on it. The picture is a squirrel in a tree, and a dog at the base of the tree. The dog is saying “Ho, ho, ho–SQUIRREL!” (Which is funny if you’ve seen the move Up. All the dogs keep getting distracted by squirrels.) And if you’re wondering about the yellow…yes, the dog is peeing on the tree.