Snowballs of Great Mightiness
It’s really quite impossible to do school when there is snow, glorious snow, covering the yard. When I got up this morning, Daniel, David and Sarah were already dressed and pulling on snow pants.
It was 7:15 am.
Snow pants - before 9 or even 10 am. There’s just something wrong with that picture.
I convinced the kids they should wait until at least 8 am before venturing out into our little Winter Wonderland. I felt sympathetic for those souls still snuggled in bed (why wasn’t I one of them?) who probably didn’t want to hear shrieks, no matter how joyful, that early in the morning.
Literally at the stroke of 8 am, the Three Rascals charged out the door, into the back yard. The snow was perfect - think and dense - just right for making snowballs, snowmen and snow forts.
“I wonder if this would work as a snowball?”
“If I can just carry it over to the side of the road.”
It’s important to know what to do with a good pile of fresh snow. Inviting a friend over for a game of King/Queen of the Mountain is a good place to start.
If you can’t stay on the top, at least you can have company on the bottom.
Kathy
Project 366 - Day 28
January 29th, 2008 at 3:28 am
Definitely too much fun to be inside with schoolbooks! Did public school open late or close altogether?
January 29th, 2008 at 5:48 am
Oh,my! What glorious gorgeous snow!! And it stuck together!! The snow we had when the kids were here at Christmas time wasn’t that moist. But great for sledding.
Will it stay around very long? Did Portland get it??
NIce juxtapositioning (sp?) of beach at the top and snow, eh?
Love you kids. Aunt Kate
January 29th, 2008 at 8:27 am
There is something unspeakably unjust about all of this. Now our only acquaintances without snow are the ones living in FL. While we sit and mope in the rain. Our last snow was in mid-November. Everyone should pity us folks in Scandinavia.
I am happy for you, nonetheless. I will try to rejoice and enjoy the snow vicariously through you all.
January 29th, 2008 at 9:38 am
I wish we had that kind of snow over here. Ours is the fine powdery snow that doesn’t stick together but is worse than a sheet of ice.
January 29th, 2008 at 11:35 am
This reminds me of Sierra this past Christmas up in Indiana. She would wakeup and then spend hours outside in the snow. What fun memories they are creating!
January 29th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Looks like a lot of fun!
January 29th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
We’re enjoying a few snow days too! Glad your kiddos are having such fun : )
January 30th, 2008 at 2:09 am
Us Burts don’t have any snow either, if it makes you feel any better. None in the immediate forecast either. hohum.
We did some some unseasonal rain on Monday, does that count?
Don’t know if I can show these pictures to the kids, it may cause some coveting.
And to think I told our kids that there was no such thing as a snow when you homeschool. Shame on me.
You must be getting your rest and going to bed on time lately, I have missed your voice on email.
Greg has been teasing me mercilessly about how often I am checking our blog about the give away, he says I have to give him a kiss for every comment I get. hehehe.
Miss you too.
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:13 am
It was really fun!!!! and the snow was perfect.