It happens to fall in March every year when I teach my French 1 the months, seasons and weather. This year, seasons and weather are also a hot topic at home too with Logan and Hayden as they are learning "It snows in Winter", "the trees get leaves and its warm in Spring", etc etc. It's awfully difficult however, to sound credible in these lessons, when we wake up on a late March, Spring break morning, to Canceled Soccer Camp and a yard covered in White Snow!!
Our exciting Spring break was set to start this morning with a 9am-10am soccer camp for both boys. I am excited to see how they both do. Logan has proved to be quite the academic, where Hayden is a hands-on boy who loves to JUMP, RUN, and THROW. He seems to be much more athletic than his (19 month) older brother, but they both were over-the-moon about starting camp today. We went out to buy sneakers yesterday and last night Logan was so excited that he begged to wear his "soccer outfit" to bed so he'd be ready for soccer camp in the morning. He even STAYED IN BED all night so he wouldn't get in trouble and miss camp!
Obviously, i woke up cringing at the disappointment I knew was to soon come when he learned that soccer camp was canceled today. To my great surprise, he woke up shouting, "LOOK MOM! There's snow! Can we play in the snow?!"We changed into snow clothes and ventured downstairs. As we walked down Logan remembered his original plans for the morning, "Mommy, can we play in the snow and then go to soccer camp?" We had a little talk about soccer and snow, and going tomorrow.... he took it well and is happy to have a snow day AND soccer camp tomorrow :)
Now, I don't know what is stranger, that I am on team Soccer Mom, or that I am NOT on team Snow Angel. I would happily sit on the soccer field with my mini-van and cooler of juice and oranges.... but please, please don't make me take the kids out in the snow. Enter Dad - since he was already taking the morning off for the first day of soccer camp, he just swapped activities and took the kids out. I sat warm and comfortable from the kitchen window and did what i love most. I took lots of pictures! ENJOY! (oh, and i made a cute breakfast of smiley-face pancakes and Hot Cocoa (like Curious George enjoys in our current favorite video).
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Baseball with Snowballs |
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Easter Egg Hunt.... in the snow? Logan found a missed egg from this past weekend's Easter Egg Hunt while playing in the snow. A gorgeous, non-snowy, not-cold day I might add. |
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Three boys proud of their creation |
***I will also add that I took a much needed break from adding to the blog. With a very full plate, i didn't take the time to update. But today, I feel relaxed (knowing i have a week off from work helps a lot) and happy to have a happy morning with my boys. I feel rejuvinated and ready to start again. Be on the look out for some events you've missed and the big Feature Presentation this year - the birth of #3 in JUNE!***