California Dreamin’
We don’t get much snow down here in paradise. In the dead of winter it sometimes drops into the fifties and I have to go find one of those jacket-things in the closet. Up until the past couple of weeks, Swee’Pea was wearing dresses every day and TheMonk was wearing shorts and sandals. When we started putting pants on them this month they both did not like the feeling of cloth on leg. They begged for their shorts and dresses but I held firm. It’s my responsibility as a parent to protect my children from the inevitable frostbite that 68 degree weather will bring.
But last week we ventured far from paradise and ended up in Colorado. We spent the week with in-laws, cousins, clergy and other miscreants and had a really nice time. The kids, in spite of their protests, wore pants every day and actually learned how to zip up a jacket. It got downright cold that week and when it gets cold in Colorado, snow can’t be far behind.
So while visiting cousins, we noticed it was snowing. The kids got excited and after a quick lunch they ran outside to catch snowflakes on their tongue.
After ingesting quite a bit of the white powder wafting down from the heavens (it didn’t stick) I asked TheMonk what snow tasted like. And while he couldn’t quite pin down a particular flavor, he was emphatic that it did NOT, no matter how much a certain Daddy insisted, taste like chicken.
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Hey, how’d you get TheMonk and the other kid in that first pic to look like they were floating on air?! Too cool!! BTW, that coat Swee’Pea is wearing is totally one a princess would wear. Glad they had fun AND had the chance to eat snow on your vacation.
Hugs & Blessings!
Comment by MamaChanga — November 25, 2008 @ 1:04 am
i’m DYING for these photos. seriously dying. they are too cute.
also, i kind of hate you that you never have snow. because it’s only november and i already have the winter blahs.
Comment by ali — November 25, 2008 @ 10:07 am
if all the snowflakes were candybars and milkshakes oh what a snow that would be! standing outside with my mouth open wide ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah….seeing these photos took me back about 14 years when alex played in the snow for the very first time. now i feel all warm and fuzzy inside
Comment by roxanne — November 25, 2008 @ 12:46 pm
Frostbite at 68?!! Man, good thing you don’t live where I do. I was just out on my lunch and fingers feel like popsicles! I wouldn’t mind living some place warmer at all!
Comment by Stephanie — November 25, 2008 @ 1:06 pm
Snow here in DC definitely tastes like chicken.
Comment by DC Urban Dad — November 25, 2008 @ 1:40 pm
Tell the truth now…you had to buy them coats in the airport, didn’t you?
I can’t believe you were in Colorado and I missed it. It’s been frigid here for weeks…at least too me. But that one day where it snowed a tiny bit, has really been it so far. My kids are bummed. Last year we had a blizzard on Thanksgiving, which is what they are hoping for this year.
Comment by Issa — November 25, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
At times here in New England we take the first snowfall, sticking or not, for granted. We’d just assume wait for it until January
Comment by above average joe — November 25, 2008 @ 7:29 pm
They look like they had a lot of fun!
Comment by Deanna — November 26, 2008 @ 12:47 am
My girls get dressed warmly from head to toe and then add a beautiful dress as a top layer. It looks so normal to me now I don’t understand why grown women don’t do the same!
Comment by Lynnie — November 26, 2008 @ 4:59 am
They are getting some serious air in the first shot! I’m impressed. Great photo!
Comment by Aina — November 27, 2008 @ 9:37 pm