Saturday, January 25, 2014

We survived! (winter storm 2014) and a finished project


Yesterday morning, still sleeping, footed pajamas enter my room...

Kacio: On no! What's thaaaat?
Me: Snow, Kacio.
Kacio: Oh no! Texas jest brudny! Oh no. Poor Texas.
Me: It's just snow Kacio, it's ok.
Kacio: Poor Texas, what happened? Poor Texas.

Yep. That's about right.  ;)

Click Here for photos of the aftermath.


And a couple photos from our own front yard.


Those pink flowers are fake.



Icicles make it legit.



And because it was cold out on Friday, and we all stayed indoors. And because letting my children watch not one, but 2, movies in one day so rarely happens....I whipped this little number out for the new baby. I hope she is indeed a baby girl because she is going to be sportin' a lot of pink.


Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Not to be outdone.

So, I hear this is the first real day of wintry like weather in southern Poland. Everyone here keeps asking me if I'm glad we got out of the cold, Siberian temps. of Poland, which, once again, in the American minds eye is somewhere near the very tip top of the Northern Hemisphere and is governed by a man in a red suit and white beard. Of course, I have to explain how it's not really like that and this year, for example, we left during one of the, so far, mildest and warmest winters on record. I am really happy for y'all, I really really am. It was almost 27C (80F) degrees here the other day. The sun is so bright and it shines all day and there is not a cloud in the sky. People are wearing shorts! Shorts! In late January!! So, I'm happy for my Polish friends and relations that they have also been fortunate to have a small slice of that good warm(ish) sunny weather (for a little while at least).


Friday in Krakow...

FriJan 24

Partly Cloudy
21°F
6°F
Partly Cloudy
CHANCE OF SNOW:
10%
 
WIND:
E at 12 mph















Well, guess what?  Austin forecast for the same day...

FriJan 24

AM Snow Showers
43°F
32°F
AM Snow Showers
CHANCE OF SNOW:
30%
 
WIND:
N at 8 mph












As my brother so eloquently put it...





Because "snow" and "ice" really freak people out here. I wouldn't be surprised if they shut down all the schools and told people to start filling up water jugs and hoarding toilet paper.You got this, Texas! Poland, you're almost halfway done with winter! Already! I am rejoicing with you, in spirit, and in a t-shirt. ;)


Saturday, January 11, 2014

Speaking Polish to each other.

For the very first time, earlier today,  I heard my kids speaking Polish to each other in order to hide what they were saying from those around them. I never know how to feel about this. Martin and his brother used to do this sometimes in high school. Of course no one knew what they were saying, but the fact that they were saying it in Polish means it was something they didn't want others to hear/understand, (which is quite obvious to those around them). I have refrained from doing this for the most part because I think it can seem kind of rude. Trying to decide what to tell the kids...

It's ok.

It's rude.

You kind of have a super hero-esque power...

Maybe I'll just stay out of it.