Charleston Princess
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We were home from school today, too.
My kids are so used to all the snow that they're bored with it!
Kathy
Must be time for spring then!
We had a pretty good snow day. Hannah played with a couple of friends for a while sledding and then her socks got too wet and she was ready to come home. LOL We're on a 2 hour delay tomorrow.
Here's a couple of pictures as we're heading out:
On a separate note: LadyLallie I enjoyed your Disney selections on Subsonic Radio tonight.
OK...hijack over!
HOW FUN!!! Look at all that beautiful snow! Hannah is a smart girl -- I hate wet socks and would have called it a day at that point, too!
I want to see video of the dancing, should it happen!
I don't know about that...
I also laughed out loud at your Henry comment - noooooo neverrrrrrr!The other morning he thew his yogurt on the floor!
Oh, he must be entering the toddler stage. Have fun with that!
I'm in Minnesota and have to kinda sit here and giggle a bit at you Southeners and your snow. We got a foot the other day and school was not late or cancelled. We plowed right out our driveway in 4 wheel drive!It takes A LOT to get school cancelled or late around here! The pics above are what we call a "dusting"!!
I can't imagine! I was reading a book set in Minnesota awhile back, and it was the first time I had ever heard of a car heater -- the kind that plugs into an outlet outside of the car or something. These arctic weather survival tactics blow my mind. But, I know you guys don't have the snow plows or the sand/salt trucks that go out at the crack of dawn before the commuters, so drive safe and stay warm!! In Minnesota we are having a warm up, it's supposed to get into the 40s this week!!!!!!
Nope, we don't have anything like that. Yeay for a warming trend!!!
They're calling for it to get into the upper 80's this week and one day into the 90's. I'm freezing when it hits 60.
70's for us!!!
I am freezing with anything below 60 degrees.My heating bill needs a break, too -- it's eating into my vacation budget.
We're in some kind of belt here that wards off snow, I think. Very often, everyone around us will have snow, but our little belt will be snow-free. We'll be the lone county shining brightly on the morning weather map as going to school, and it really hurts! Whenever they finally do say our county, I watch it come on several times, just for the joy of seeing it and to really let it sink in.
Poor Connor. As you and I both know, his teachers were silently crying on the way to work, too. Every kid south of the KY-TN border deserves a few good snows like Dawn got. It gives them a chance to go wild with the sledding and snowball fights, snowmen and snow angels, and know the feeling of frozen cheeks and wet socks and the joy of a warm home and a mug of hot chocolate afterwards. Those are rare and treasured memories that every little Connor deserves to store away and reminisce about when they grow up. I know my kids have great memories of the few big snows we've had here.
One of our local weathermen comes to our school several times a week, because his wife is a teacher there. The kids always want to get mad at him when we don't get a snow day, and I have to explain that he reports the weather, but doesn't control it! I feel sorry for him when he walks in the back door on a day that other counties around us got snow days but we had to go to school. On the other hand, he's a real hero when he comes in and pretty much guarantees them (and their teachers) that the next day will be a snow day!
Maybe you can make up some kind of snow day party sometime to make it up to the kids. You can play some Eskimo games, put together a winter scene puzzle, watch Snow Buddies or some winter-themed movie, have snow ice cream (I've seen some in the stores, but forget which company makes it), and have hot chocolate and marshmallows. It might be as good as it gets for you in Georgia.
Or you could always pack your bags and move a couple of states to the north and get the real thing!
I know what you mean about watching our county's school closing several times -- for me, it's usually because I think I may have read it wrong the first time. Nope, no moving for us -- if anything we would move farther south -- we like snow once a year, but are really miserable if it is cold. Having our own snow day party is a great idea!!! We will need to do that sometime!
I was at a local thrift shop this weekned and found some sundae glasses, but they wanted like $6 a piece!
I looked at Garden Ridge's website to see if they had any stores in Maryland, but Chesapeake, VA was the closest location. I hope you can find them somewhere. Did you look on ebay?
Oh, don't worry! I will be keeping an eye on how long it takes Sunday. Saturday when I called, I was on hold 45 minutes and that was about 11:45, maybe.
Can't wait.........
They are staying at the Wilderness Lodge Courtyard View with bunk beds. She came over last night, and I gave her the binder I made just for her; we made autograph books for her girls; and she found some t-shirt designs to make for her girls. I hope she has a terrific time and sends me lots of photos from her phone. 
Your Disney mail is so awesome. Katie is very talented!!! 
