Silent Night

Like most of us here in Southern Ontario I spent the last couple of days mostly without power.  It just came back in the past couple of hours, hopefully for good this time.  Grace and I spent most of our daytime hours alternating between inside and outside, trying to clear the ice from the driveway and walkway and then inside trying to stay entertained in a house that was becoming increasingly cold.  By today it became obvious that the house was headed towards single digits temperature wise and we could no longer stand it.  My neighbours had long ago headed for a local hotel to keep warm and we headed out for warmth at a local restaurant and then to a friend's house to dress Grace for bed and heat up her milk.

Last night however, while it got cold, it was cozy too.  We had finally ventured out in the car late Sunday afternoon and with no way to cook dinner, picked up McDonald's to take home.  Once home we had a lovely dinner by candle light of burgers and fries!  After dinner Grace and I played Mega blocks by candle light for a while and then time to get ready for bed.  I dressed Grace in her warmest pajamas.  She had to suffer a cold milk bottle, not her favourite, but we snuggled a little to keep warm and she was fast asleep quickly.  And then the silence hit.  We are all so used to our gadgets and background noise that when true silence happens it's kind of nice.  No TV, no music, no computer, no white noise coming from Grace's room, not even the baby monitor, just silence.  Outside the window there was complete darkness, not even cars driving by.  I enjoyed it.  I lit a few more candles and spent the evening wrapping gifts and sipping on Baileys.  Finally I got to go to bed early too.  

Maybe we'll do it again by choice one night!  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!