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Making Memories Monday: Welcome Fall
I’ve always loved Fall! I didn’t realize just how much I looked forward to the change from Summer to Fall each year, until we moved to Florida. After 11 years in Jacksonville with no beautifully-colored Fall leaves, no piles for the kids to jump into, no crisp Autumn days, we moved to Northern Virginia. I…
One Last Run
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 First Snow
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…
S-weet Snow!
“[Laura] and the other Laura, and all the other children, scooped up clean snow with their plates then they went back into the crowded kitchen. Grandma stood by the brass kettle and with the big wooden spoon she poured hot syrup on each plate of snow. It cooled into soft candy, and as fast as…
Holiday Traditions: I want to be a…
Every year, with those words, I’m sent scrambling to pull together the costumes of my boys’ imaginations… and let me tell you, they don’t make it easy. Over the years, with some help from my Mom, we’ve created Henry the Octopus (of Wiggles fame), Caillou and his cat Gilbert, Thomas the Tank Engine (and Percy),…
*S*N*O*W * Much Fun!
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…