Today’s weather forecast listed temperatures for our area in the upper 40s. Some forecasts even suggested the possibility of highs in the low 50s. Hearing this on the radio, Ryan declared today a sleighing day. After all, if the temperatures truly hit these highs, there wasn’t going to be any snow left of the ground…
The boys were outside playing in the snow. Thump. Thump. I walk to the front door, just in time to see a snowball flying toward me. Thump. It hits the glass at eye-level. On the other side of the door, the boys stood over a pile of snowballs they had made with their new…
After my little exchange with Connor this morning, he fell back to sleep for two hours. When he finally awoke, we ate breakfast, and then headed downstairs to start our schoolwork. Connor whined, complained, and cried his way through math, usually a favorite subject. “Are you feeling alright?,” I asked with concern. “No,” he…
What is he doing? Is he standing on the car? Get down, Ryan! Just kiddin’, Mom!
This window is TWO FEET off the ground!
Ryan ran into the bedroom this morning to inform us the radio had just announced that “All Fairfax County Public Schools and Cornerstone Schoolhouse are closed due to the snow!” Patrick informed Ryan that since Cornerstone Schoolhouse is located in our basement and requires only a short walk downstairs, where there is indeed no snow,…
The boys have been waiting and waiting for snow. Twice now the weather forecasters have suggested a possibility of snow in the Northern Virginia area, and twice now the boys have been undeniably disappointed to wake and find the ground bare. So when we began planning a pre-Christmas trip to New Jersey, the boys began…
We were awakened today by shouts of, “It’s snowing!, It’s snowing!” as two little boys ran into our room and jumped excitedly onto our bed. Amidst giggles, Ryan and Connor rambled on and on about snowballs and snowmen… It’s days like today that I am reminded that my boys are Florida-born and bred. There wasn’t…