"Children do not need to be made to learn about the world, or shown how. They want to, and they know how." -John Holt

Monday, January 12, 2009

Snow Angels

When the kids go out to play, Caden is always content to stay in and enjoy his alone time but on this day he said, "I outside too? Ma, outside ah me?" So much for tidying up!Of course no sooner did we get out there that chaos erupted. It began with something as harmless as snow angels. First one...Then another...Then Caden's turn... except he laid in his sister's snow angel. The nerve!And Simone's world came crashing down around her. Just like that.And because I'm a horrible mother, I came in tight for a close-up. What a wretched thing to do. The destruction of the snow angel I mean...Not to worry, true to her nickname "Bi-polar Bomey", she was happy as a clam after capturing Pete yet again.
Speaking of happy, Smoke says "Hiya- got any sugar cubes for this smirking goofball!?!"

Posted by Jessica at 1:07 PM

1 comment:

Taboulichic said...

I love that you've got snow there! We're looking to move to NH from PA. Will try to send you a private email.

10:12 AM

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