Stormy. Night

We had a night last night. We knew the temperature would drop to -10 over night but we didnt expect to lose power too! The girls and I were having the most lovely day, baking cakes and wathing harry potter. They kept saying that this was the best day ever! Then we heard on the radio that the strong winds were taking out power lines. So we cleaned up the dishes and found all of our candles and flashlights. I even downloaded Despicable Me onto my ipad just in case. Then, the lights flickered, once, twice, three times. then about 15 minutes later the lights went off for about 3 seconds. Then, at 8:15 the power finally went dark. Ophelia was so nervous that she was pacing the floor and she said that the only thing that would make her feel better was christmas music. So I put on christmas music and we danced and jumped around to get some of the nervous energy out. next we sat on the sofa and told stories by candle light. Sadie said that this was still the best day because we were doing something we wouldnt normally do. OPhelia said that we should turn off the internet more often. we went to bed around !0 and fell asleep to Despicable Me. I didnt sleep much though. The howling wind made me think a tree might fall on the house.Then what? I dont know where we would go! what if the car battery froze! But I had to set my alarm to get up every 2-3 hours to put wood on the fire. Which only kept the house at 40 degrees. Luckily the loft keeps warmer than the rest of the house and we had lots of blankets so we were fine and toasty in bed. It was quite an experience. Probably stupid to attempt but we had an experience we will never forget.