Bummer.

In true Murphy's Law fashion, we woke up to more snow yesterday than we had all of last winter, and BOTH Christmas parties we had planned to attend were cancelled. We live in an odd little part of the world where it almost never snows despite being cold all winter long, so this was unexpected. Our morning was supposed to have been spent at our company's children's Christmas party, and we got the kids all dressed and out the door and schlepped across town to the hotel, only to find a sign on the door saying it was cancelled. While I can understand the predicament that the organizers were in, it's also got to be said that promising a two-year-old breakfast with Santa and a big party, only to fail to deliver? Well, that's not any fun for anyone.So we went back home and awaited the call that did eventually come, saying that the Roberts family get-together planned for the afternoon was also cancelled. The janitor apparently was not able to make it to the facility where it's held each year to get it ready for us. At least that party has been postponed rather than cancelled, and we do still expect to see the Roberts family this season, only it will be after Christmas now, instead of before.So Mallory spent the day crawling around our grubby house in her party dress, instead of out partying in it. She is going to have to suck it in by Christmas Day in order to fit into it (and it's a 12-month size, too - I can hardly believe she's gotten so chubby) so she'd might as well whoop it up in it while she can. And she and I stayed toasty and warm inside while Liam went outside with Chad for hours upon hours to shovel our driveway and clear off the cars. Our plans for our new house include a double attached garage - something we didn't think we'd miss when we bought our current house, but man, are we looking forward to having that next winter!