Snow covered our world today, but just barely. Nonetheless, school was canceled, much to the joy of children and school-at-home mother alike. By 9:15 a.m., we were all out in the winter wonderland, me snapping pictures, the older children flinging snowballs and the youngest two stomping circles and following tracks.
At one point, I looked up from my muffin-making in the kitchen and saw an unfamiliar face. I asked his name and said, “Who is your brother?” He said he only had a sister and I said, “Have you been here before?” He hadn’t.
That means, this neighborhood has fourteen boys between the ages of 8 and 13 . . . more, if you count the family I don’t know in the corner of the cul-de-sac whose boy doesn’t really come out to play and the boys who only come to visit their dad occasionally next door.
My 8-year old couldn’t stop lamenting the totally unfair snowball fight in which he and the little kids fought against the big kids (four of them). He said, “I was pelted by about 637 snowballs.” Then he lifted his shirt so I could check his back for bruises. (Bruise-free.) I thought about bawling out the big kids, but then decided that boys need to sort out these things for themselves. And one day, the little kids will be the big kids and maybe they’ll be more compassionate. Or they’ll get revenge.
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Ah yes, the beloved Snow Day! I remember them well.(Up here in Alaska school is cancelled when it reaches 55-below zero, which is rarely.) I think it’s really great you allow all the boys over to play even though they drive you crazy sometimes. Thanks for the pics 🙂
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I live in MI, I am wishing we would get some snow. We have had really nothing, just flurries, or maybe a tiny bit of blowing around snow. The most snow we have gotten in the past year is on Oct. 12th, 2006. I think we got a half inch, which melted by the end of the day.
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I love our winterwonderland. And it’s not melting because it’s too cold. Yea! I can’t believe that strange kid was in your house. That’s too funny.
AS for the snowball fight…It’s just like hazing in a fraternity. you hate for it to happen to you, but when it’s your chance you’ll do it because you had to go throught it. Or is that a terrible comparison?
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Bah. You got our snow. Big meanie.
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We had a really fun snow day too. Luckily I didn’t need to go anywhere since we’re at the bottom of a steep cul-de-sac and it’s well… impossible to leave. They said on the news tonight that we’d need a blow-torch to clear the walkways and roads around here. Sweet. I guess I’ll fire up old Bessy.
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Hey there! I’ve been reading, and not commenting, but today I came out of the closet to leave a comment! First I have to tell you, I laughed my head off at your comments about ‘Alma’..I even yelled at my husband, that he had to come over and listen to this! Way too funny! Sounds like you struck an unhealed wound in Alma…but also sounds like she came up an imovable force in you!.. You go girl!
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