Thursday, February 5, 2009

REAL snow in England!




We did have a little bit of snow here a couple of days ago, but today, unexpectedly, we woke up to REAL snow. Enough snow to make a true snowman. So we did! With a few breaks in between to go out front and watch all the "big kids" (teenagers) having a neighborhood-wide snowball fight in celebration of school being cancelled. They have no snow removal equipment here, so anything over an inch or two pretty much closes things down. Needless to say, Bill still went in to work today, even so!
Madeline has quickly picked up on the tradition of hot chocolate after playing in the snow. She wanted "five" marshmallows in it today. She usually asks for things in quantities of three or five: not sure why, but I sure get a kick out of it!

3 comments:

lizS said...

i didn't know england got no snow, lol! is it just your area, or all over? we got some last week, and i enjoyed playing the mommy who stays inside, and has hot cocoa waiting for everyone when they come in. it's a good role for me. ;)

Emily said...

I think most of England, although I've heard that it's not as unusual for Scotland to get snow.

Lana said...

So where the heck in England can you find even one marshmallow, let alone 5?!