Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Winter Weather - Round Three
Friday Evening - A snowy icey mixture continues to cover the ground and streets. Snow is in the forecast for tonight and all day tomorrow. The phone call comes that cancels my youngest son's basketball game for tomorrow. My calendar is showing several PPD/weather entries.
Saturday Afternoon - It has been snowing all morning. The fun stuff - big, white, fluffy flakes that make you want to "stand(ing) outside with your mouth open wide", just like you are a kid again! (Who can sing that Barney song with me?) My husband, Miss Congeniality, and myself take five boys and three girls to the neighborhood sledding hills. It is still snowing and they are having fun, fun, fun - Nix is involved in a rather large crash, but is soon sledding again. We adults were properly concerned, but didn't think much of it as he flew down the hill over and over with the others.
Saturday Evening - After delivering everybody home, we settle in for a quiet evening. It continues to snow through the middle of the night.
Sunday Afternoon - After church my husband goes to be a Good Samaritan. I round up some boys and we are off to the hills for sledding. It is no longer snowing, but we have accumulated several inches. Nix has been called to join us, but hasn't shown up yet.
I am, literally, the only adult around. I have traipsed across a small bridge to the hills where the boys are sledding and begin trying to capture the fun on film. I am beginning to think I am crazy for thinking I need to hang out here - the boys are probably old enough to be here by themselves; although it's not really close to the house, it's really not that far either; other kids their age are without an adult; the Bears game has started. . . .
And then GameBoy speaks. "If you pay me $20 I will ride down that drainage culvert on this snow board." Yeh, I'm stayin' . . . .
I have retreated to the car to read when my phone rings. Miss Congeniality is with Nix and his mom. His hand is in a splint. He broke it yesterday. Yes, while he was sledding with us. Thank goodness Nix's mom is my type of girl. Actually, thank goodness most of my boys' friends' parents are like us - no really high maintainance allowed!
Sunday Evening - The Bears have won - hooray!!! I actually was able to watch the second half. It was a good day.
School will be in session Monday - what a great snow weekend.
simple faith
Friday Evening - A snowy icey mixture continues to cover the ground and streets. Snow is in the forecast for tonight and all day tomorrow. The phone call comes that cancels my youngest son's basketball game for tomorrow. My calendar is showing several PPD/weather entries.
Saturday Afternoon - It has been snowing all morning. The fun stuff - big, white, fluffy flakes that make you want to "stand(ing) outside with your mouth open wide", just like you are a kid again! (Who can sing that Barney song with me?) My husband, Miss Congeniality, and myself take five boys and three girls to the neighborhood sledding hills. It is still snowing and they are having fun, fun, fun - Nix is involved in a rather large crash, but is soon sledding again. We adults were properly concerned, but didn't think much of it as he flew down the hill over and over with the others.
Saturday Evening - After delivering everybody home, we settle in for a quiet evening. It continues to snow through the middle of the night.
Sunday Afternoon - After church my husband goes to be a Good Samaritan. I round up some boys and we are off to the hills for sledding. It is no longer snowing, but we have accumulated several inches. Nix has been called to join us, but hasn't shown up yet.
I am, literally, the only adult around. I have traipsed across a small bridge to the hills where the boys are sledding and begin trying to capture the fun on film. I am beginning to think I am crazy for thinking I need to hang out here - the boys are probably old enough to be here by themselves; although it's not really close to the house, it's really not that far either; other kids their age are without an adult; the Bears game has started. . . .
And then GameBoy speaks. "If you pay me $20 I will ride down that drainage culvert on this snow board." Yeh, I'm stayin' . . . .
I have retreated to the car to read when my phone rings. Miss Congeniality is with Nix and his mom. His hand is in a splint. He broke it yesterday. Yes, while he was sledding with us. Thank goodness Nix's mom is my type of girl. Actually, thank goodness most of my boys' friends' parents are like us - no really high maintainance allowed!
Sunday Evening - The Bears have won - hooray!!! I actually was able to watch the second half. It was a good day.
School will be in session Monday - what a great snow weekend.
simple faith
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Nickel took Peanut sledding on Monday after school when there were less kids there. She had a blast!
You know, I do not remember ever sledding as a kid. These days when at the hill I find myself thinking, "Is that ride down really worth that walk back up?" Obviously for my boys, it is.
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