Hurricane Sandy

Up until today, our blog has been coasting along posting all the updates I had queued up before the hurricane hit.  Between all of our "Halloween Fail" costume pics and our trip out to Colorado, we had lots of blog fodder.  When Hurricane Sandy roared it's ugly head (or eye?) and wreaked havoc across the state of New Jersey, we were without power for 5 days.  We were extremely lucky not to have any damage to the house, no trees fell, nothing but the inconvenience of living life like a Mennonite for a little while.  Luckily, Brian had bought a generator a few months ago, so we were able to keep the fridge cold, the electronics charged, and the basement dry.  Matty and Juliet were great and didn't seem to notice or mind to much that we didn't have any electricity.  We read lots of books, cleaned the house and the yard, and ate lots of snacks.  Trying to make the most of the daylight, we got into a good routine--dinner at 4pm, bathtime at 5pm, and bedtime at 7! 

We were very excited to have power back on Friday, but then the snowstorm came on Wednesday and we lost power again for about 12 hours--not too bad!

The biggest problem without electricity was that it was getting a bit cold...