Just when we had given up on winter, resigned ourselves to the thought of "Well, I guess this is just one of those winters without snow", and were looking forward to warmer temperatures, robins singing, flowers blooming....BAM! Winter hits us with a good 10 inches of snow...as if to say, "Ha! Thought I'd forgotten about Central Virginia? Not quite!"
As a teacher, I pretty much live for spring break, summer vacation, and snow days. So I was thrilled to be out today and to spend a beautiful snowy day at home with the guys. Chris and I, ok, it was mostly me, wanted to take Aidan out in the snow for his first real glimpse and experience of it. Just for the record, I grew up in the Deep South where snow was a rare and most welcome treat and a usual guarantee that school would be closed for 2 or more days, and Chris is from Virginia where he got snow every winter and as a result, can't stand the stuff. So I got Aidan all bundled up, and took him out, armed with the video camera and the digital camera, in high hopes that we would get some great photo ops of Aidan smiling, touching the snow, putting it in his mouth, all those grand ideas as a parent you expect in a perfect world. Well, needless to say, at 6 months Aidan hated the snow, and when I put some in his hand for him to feel, he immediately began crying and seemed just miserable. We did get a few pictures (see above) with Aidan not crying, so it didn't turn out to be a big failure. I know as he gets older, he'll enjoy the snow and all the fun snow-day activities, and I'm looking forward to sharing those moments with him.
But for now, I must do some laundry while Aidan is napping, and just for a moment I can reflect on the memories of my snow-day fun as a kid....pizza lunch to celebrate being out of school and the snow, sledding down the hills in our neighborhood (and running over my fingers with the sled on one occasion), snowmen, snowball fights, and the beauty of the snow sky during the day (a beautiful swirl of gray and white) and at night (a blend of light and dark purples). Oh, the joys!
On My Mind, At This Moment:
"It's a marshmallow world in the winter
When the snow comes to cover the ground
It's the time for play, it's a whipped cream day
I wait for it the whole year round.
Those are marshmallow clouds being friendly
In the arms of the evergreen trees
And the sun is red like a pumpkin head
It's shining so your nose wont freeze.
The world is your snowball, see how it grows
Thats how it goes whenever it snows
The world is your snowball just for a song
Get out and roll it along"
-From "Marshmallow World" by Darlene Love
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