Real Snow! Snow to play in! And it's still falling! John and the boys are still outside. Yes, Jack is still coughing, and yes, that was probably not such a hot idea to send him out, but this may be our one and only Real Snow this year! Maria was out for a while and apparently busted her tailbone on the sled and decided that was enough. I'm so glad that John is home today and took the first snow shift. This afternoon I will take the kids out and we will make some maple snow candy, a la Little House in the Big Woods. They still have to do some schoolwork though, which makes me Really Unfair because schools are closed, but, as I explained, that was only because those poor children couldn't actually *get* to their schools and weren't they glad they were luckier than that? And, besides, they were not so concerned about fairness when we ditched school to go roller skating or to the park now were they?
We have also been beseiged by birds...there are literally dozens of poor, cold birds at our feeders this morning, disrupted only by the desperate hunting attempts of one of my cold-hardy cats. That tiny red dot is a cardinal, hehe. We tried to get better pictures, but they are a bit shy...
Here's just a couple of cute pictures...Jack getting a breathing treatment...and Maria. Actually Reading. Voluntarily, and unforced. Wow.
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That is awesome about the snow [and about Maria reading! ;) ]. I am so sorry Jack is still sick though. :(
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