AstroAI Ice Scraper and Extendable #snow Brush

Like many places, Nebraska has been hit hard with snow. I guess we're making up for the lack of snow late fall, early winter. The ground needed it, for our upcoming growing season. 

I just hope that where I teach in Fremont, Nebraska it doesn't flood when it all melts.  They had problems a few years back with flooding. 

I happened to notice that Travis didn't have a good broom type scraper. He said he had one, but it broke. 

It was great to surprise Travis with the AstroAI Ice Scraper and Extendable Snow Brush Remover:

You can get it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08N18NBCP?th=1. It came just in time, for 0 degree weather + another snow dump. Are you getting snow where you live? 

Cost:

I think for all it does, it's reasonable. It is $32.99.

Colors:

I picked orange, but it comes in teal blue as well. I wouldn't mind having both of them; one for each vehicle. 

Pieces and Parts:

It comes with a bag to store all the pieces in. I'm not sure we'll use the bag. It snows quite often in Nebraska. I'd rather have the scraper, and brush ready to go. 

You can see how long it extends in the next picture. It is 62.4", when the average snow scraper reaches 39.7 6". The length helps for tall vehicles like the Subaru Outback that we have. It breaks apart if you do want to store it. We plan on using the brush more because we have a metal scraper that works really well already. 

On Amazon it shows that the scraper can go on one end, and the brush on the other. I'm still trying to figure that out. It looks to me like the orange bottom is the end, and nothing snaps on there.

The brush has a swivel button. This works wonders if you are trying to reach a certain part on your car, or truck. The plain orange button rotates the brush's direction. 

The orange button with an arrow snaps the brush off, and allows you to put on the scrapper. The first time I hit this button it was super easy. The second time I hit the button, I couldn't get it to pop off. I imagine in the deep winter, when I'm freezing, I just won't want to mess with getting the brush off, and putting a scrapper on. The idea is great! This one device that does everything! Realistically I think we'll only use this for the brush. In Nebraska I've found that a metal scrapper has to be used for our harsh winters.  

Have you had to scrape your car, or truck a lot this winter? 

Disclaimer: I got this product for a discounted price in exchange for an honest review. 

Stupid Snow

Two days ago my boys were outside with out a jacket and had short sleeves on. This morning I woke up to snow on the ground. :(

Mica, Isaak and my allergies suck right now. I've been doing the Neti Pot, washing our hair before bed and washing our pillow cases often.

The Neti Pot only takes a few minutes with each person. Those minutes add up in the morning!

This morning I was running late.

I went out to the car. I was expecting to just brush the snow off. Nope it was ice. Not good when you are running late already!

Luckly I had a metal scraper. I say had because this is what happened to it:

I've had it for about 10 years now. Is it silly that I'm sad to see it go? I don't see metal scrapers anywhere. When I do they have whimpy handles. If anyone knows where I can get one, please comment. Plastic ones just don't do a good job.

I also need a battery in my key for my car. That's always annoying because it seems like my car has to be re-programed when I get a new battery for that thing. There are some days I miss manual things. I do like digital locks when I can't find my car in the parking lot. I just beep it until I hear/see it. Maybe that's why the battery is low. Sigh. Our back windshields haven't worked for a few years now. We barely used them. I'm sure it will cost an arm and a leg to fix them. Hand cranking windows up and down would be great! I don't need power windows.

His Cars Are His Girlfriend

Isaak's been talking about playing with Emma at preschool. Mica said, "Oh Isaak has a girlfriend. Emma is Isaak's girlfriend!" Ya Mica still talks about girls!

Isaak said, "Emma not my girlfriend! My cars are my girlfriend!" I don't think Isaak gets the concept of what a "Girlfriend" is, which is perfectly fine to me. ;)

Building Mania

All day on Saturday Mica was very tuned into putting together his new Lego toys. Daddy mentioned that Mica should wait to put together Lightning McQueen. Mica didn't want to wait. Things were really quit in his room, and he had this much built:

 

We were all pretty impressed with how far he got on his own! :)

 That is until he got close to the end. Daddy noticed that Mica missed some major steps. Mica was sleepy. They had to wreck what Mica had built and started all over again. :(