Snow!

I said I would be 100% happy here with Trader Joe's, Ikea, and In In Out Burger. But that's not totally true. There's one more thing I wish for... snow. I get sad every winter, when I think about growing up with snow on the ground all winter, and that my children don't get that. I learned to ski when I learned to walk. My oldest daughter is five and a half and she's never skied. We built snowmen and went ice skating over and over again all winter long. I couldn't even imagine a Christmas without snow on the ground. We bundled up and stomped through thick snow to get to school (five miles, on foot... just kidding)

Here when it snows, the world shuts down. And yes, those of us who grew up with snow laugh and make fun, but I'm SO GLAD! Because it means on those rare occasions when we get a few fluffy inches of glorious snow, we can spend a day making snow angels



having snowball fights with the neighbors



coming inside for stuffed French toast and hot chocolate



and finding giant ice crystals



and using them to make an ornate ice dress for our lovely snowwoman.



They may be rare, but snow days are the best!

I have three snowballs in my freezer - one from each of the kids' first snows, in 2005, 2007, and 2010. And as of last week, I also have a giant icicle in my freezer



I am NOT keeping that one!