Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Not Prepared...At All!

Part I

Sam's first snow day! I woke up this morning filled with anticipation! I mean, school had already been cancelled last night, so they must have expected...something. Right? Sam and I jumped up and rushed to the window to find a few flakes in the air and what could only be described as a demi-dusting of snow on the ground.

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Well, at least Sam was still filled with wonder and amazement! The first thing he said after staring out the window for a few moments was "Can I get my Crocs?" So, we scrambled to get dressed so that we could go out and "play" in the snow. You know, build a snowman, throw snowballs, make snow angels... Anyway, it has been a very mild winter here and I have not bought winter gear for Sam this year. I did manage to find a hat that fit and I wrapped my scarf around his neck. Thankfully, Linda and Sarah brought him some new, much warmer shoes just yesterday. No mittens to be found. I left him in his PJs since I knew we wouldn't be outside too long and out we went!

Check out my little ragamuffin!

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Part II

A little later in the morning, as I was busy working (playing) on the computer, I heard Sam say something about a hat. Then I heard something about a "thing." Finally, he came to me and asked to go outside to make a snowman. I had to laugh, because all he was wearing was his pajama top, hat and my scarf. I asked him if he was ready and he ran to get his shoes on.

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God bless him. Just look at my beautiful boy...

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...balancing ever so gracefully on the line between genius and idiot.

"Honey, you need a little more than shoes to keep you warm if you're going outside."

"My coat!" he exclaims as he runs off. I turn to see this:

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Hmmm. "Baby, let's get some pants, too!" "Okay!"

He seemed to like that idea, so I was finally able to get him bundled up and warm. I even found his mittens! However, it took so long to get dressed that when we got outside, the snow had melted!

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Sam had to search high and low for some snow to play in.

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And of course, he tasted it! Sam is such a little scientist! Here he is making very thoughtful observations about the snow.

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He declared that it tasted "like ice." Brilliant observation, my dear.

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We had a great conversation about what snow is. He couldn't get enough! He even shared some with Putter.

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And then...he discovered icicles!

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Oh, boy! He may as well have found a bowl of M&Ms! He loves to eat ice! I probably shouldn't have let him eat the icicles hanging off the dirty grill. But he was having so much fun! I can't imagine he ate enough dirt to do any harm.

By this point, I was freezing and the only finger I could move was my trigger finger. So I tried to pry him away from the icicles. But as I did, he happened to look up and discover the icicles hanging from the roof.

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"Whoa, Mama. Can I get up there?"

"Sure Sammy, but first let's go inside and have some hot chocolate and we'll get those icicles after we've warmed up a little."

Thank God that he forgot about the icicles until after they had melted! I certainly wasn't prepared to climb up to the roof!

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By the way, as I write this, my naked child is watching Little Einsteins and doing all the ballet moves along with the characters. "Mama, I'm the Toy Prince!"

You've seen nothing until you've seen a naked little boy ballerina doing plies!

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Why does Sam always seem to be naked or half-naked you ask? That's a whole 'nother post!

2 comments:

Jenni said...

Oh he is CUTE! LOL! Glad he enjoyed the snow!

Brightfish said...

Thanks, Jenni! Since you were here, I've figured out how to make the big pictures clear. I feel like I learn something with every post! I subscribed to your blog. Thanks for getting me addicted to one more! My husband thanks you too! I can't wait to check out the blogs in your blogroll.