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Dec. 3, 2006

SNOW DAY!

Snowing in Washington in November? What is going on with this weather? All I know is HURRAH CAUSE ITS SNOWING IN WASHINGTON IN NOVEMBER! I'm one of those who never outgrew the utter delight in waking up to a lovely white landscape! It feels like a holiday!

We live up on a hill, so we tend to get an extra inch or so of snow for every inch they get in the lowlands, and I gotta tell you, I feel SPECIAL!
My two year old's face was CLASSIC when I pointed out the winter landscape yesterday morning.

Yet another benefit to homeschooling...even when every other kid STILL has to go to school (in spite of the snow)...you get to suit up and go outside to make snow angels and snowmen! We watch a neighbor girl/friend of my oldest daughter during the week in the morning and occasionally after school. Her mom works early out of town so she drops her off at 4:45 a.m. so she can finish sleeping and get ready for school. When I discovered that she had school in spite of our two inches of snow (in the Pacific Northwest...life usually STOPS for snow), I even felt the injustice of it all. While I am rushing her out the door to get to school, my own two girls were cavorting outside to play in the falling snow.
I can just hear her at home in the evening, "I WANT TO HOMESCHOOL TOO MOM!"

Here's my oldest by our snowman:

And my young one...I just love that hat...the way it squishes her little cheeks!

Well...I started this blog and then saved it as a draft and walked away...so its old news now, but I'll post it anyhow!

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Dec. 4, 2006 - Global Cooling????

Posted by CountryMomof4

It's crazy cold here too! Near record lows. I think Al Gore needs to come for a visit. He can sit on my front porch for a visit about Global warming while we watch the ice cycles form.
Cute snow pictures of your daughter! I should post some of my 6 year old "snow boarding" (on a sled) down the wheat fields in our back yard.... it's a hoot!
So... I posted another post 'cause you guilted me into it. I actually have written quite a few blogs lately, but they always end up getting too private, so they never get posted. They will sit perpetually in the draft state.
Have a Blessed Christmas ~K

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Dec. 6, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by rachelle

Glad to hear you're enjoying the snow! We're in Canada and when we didn't have snow until the end of November, we were starting to wonder what had gone wrong. LOL Now there's heaps of it and all's right with the world.

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Dec. 7, 2006 - Untitled Comment

Posted by kampsplete

I like that too. My girl has one like that too! I sent my littles out into the snow for the first time today. We haven't had much to be able to play in. I think they lasted for 20 minutes tops, and they were coming back in to warm up. Too funny....I like it until Christmas, and then I am ready for spring to come! Hope you're having a great week my friend!

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