As a kid I could not wait until the radio announcer said......"Baltimore County Schools Closed for Snow!" What more could a kid ask for.....no school, awesome! Now as a parent in 2009, I wait for the e-mail, saying "QA County Schools Closed for Snow!" and I have a love/hate relationship with it. Jason left the house at 3:00 pm on Sunday and got home today at 7:00 pm (no sleep in 36 hours). So his love hate relationship is a little different than mine......
I love to watch Helena's face when she wakes up and sees a blanket of white in our yard. She is a big fan of the snow angel, so the first thing after breakfast is....."Mommy when can we go outside?" The boys love the 'no as well. They look out the window and get just as excited, but not really knowing why, just yet.
Since the blanket of white began last night, everyone in our house, including me, was waiting for today so we could go out and play. So just before lunch we start out 40 minute ritual of getting ready....
3 new pull-ups - check
4 new sweatsuits - check
4 pair of woolly socks - check
3 sets of snow bibs - check
1 pair of snow pants - check
4 coats - check
....now someone has a poopy diaper.....
1 new diaper - check
1 redressed kid - check
4 sets of boots - check
4 hats, scarves and set of mittens - check
.....now Helena has to go......
1 redressed kid - check
1 dressed Mommy with camera - check
so out the door we go........until.....
30 seconds later Parker takes off his mittens and falls into the snow....he lets out a scream that was probably heard in Baltimore and wants to come inside...10 minutes after that Peyton is mad he cannot ride his car on the driveway because the snow is too deep and he wants to come inside....Preston and Helena (after making her famous snow angel) are shoveling the sidewalk and having a blast!
Mommy is redressing Parker who is mad that I won't take him immediately inside and Peyton is refusing to play with anything except the stuck Cozy Coupe. Preston and Helena are still shoveling the sidewalk and having a blast!
I see a pattern here!
Mommy starts to shovel with Helena and Preston, but notices that Parker and Peyton are snow covered and going into the house. Mommy stops assisting in the fun to undress the 2 party poopers before they make it into the living room. Helena and Preston....still having a blast!
Thank goodness for Thomas the Train......Mommy puts said party poopers in living room to watch a show while finishing the front steps with Preston and Helena.....
Now it is time for lunch, and I do said dressing ritual in reverse order and begin to prepare spaghetti lunch.....WOW! That was FUN!
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