Poston family without heat

The first challenge is over! How did everyone do?

For our family, it was a little easier than anticipated. The heat went off a few minutes after 3:00 on Friday, but our house retained it really well. The children didn't notice it being colder or anything by the time we put them in bed. We did let them know that it might get extra cold though, and to let us know if they were chilly. David and I made a bit of a wager. We tried to guess what temperature the house would be at the next morning. My guess was 54 degrees, and David's was 50 degrees.
We did notice it was a little nippier in the house as David and I headed to bed. We threw an extra blanket on all four children and called it good.  However, we made mental notes that we really don't have a lot of extra blankets in the house. Not good ones, anyway. We've got lots of little baby blankets left over from baby days, and we have a couple extra queen sized comforters, but not really any good blankets for a twin bed.
It was pretty cold in the morning when I woke up, which made it harder to have motivation to get out of bed, but it really wasn't too bad. 
I checked the thermostat.

Ha! Well no wonder everything was going so smoothly. That's nothing. I kind of feel like we should have kept the heat off longer for a truer test, but, well, I was cold! So, when 9:00 rolled around, I dutifully turned the heat back on.
Morgan, our 6 year old boy, woke up and called from his bed, "Daddy! Can you turn the heater on?" Then he proceeded to whine throughout the morning about it being cold.
Here's Morgan looking miserable while waiting for a nice warm oatmeal breakfast.

While we ate breakfast, I noticed something rather amusing. My two kids and I were all bundled up and cold. David and his two boys were just fine! They didn't think it was a bit cold, and were walking around in normal clothes, short sleeves and all. Genetics!

In my defense, I must say, if the challenge was to turn off the AC in the summer, I'd handle that much better than my other half. :)

We will be adding "good blankets" to our necessities shopping list.

I'll post more stories from you all as they trickle in. Stay tuned!