Weather

My sister in Baltimore is snowed in under 30 inches of snow.  Meanwhile, it was sunny and in the high 50s and low 60s here today.  The kids are LOVING it. 

Naomi:  I like goin’ outside without a jacket.

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Hannah:  Mama, I’m TOO WARM!  Can I take off my fleece?

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Simeon:  COOK!  COOK!  [This because Sim has finally been set free on our porch and discovered the little kitchen.  Now his absolutely favorite activity is to play with the little kitchen – cooking, of course.  We’re hoping that all the children’s love of cooking translates into some really good meals cooked for us by them in the not-too-distant future.]

Today we spent a bunch of time outside at a park, then a bunch more time outside on the front porch.  Sitting in the swing in the sun, watching the kids play on the porch is a pretty idyllic way to spend 30 – 45 minutes.  Or longer.

Of course, upon hearing that their cousins were snowed in, they began to think twice about the jackets:

Naomi:  We could go to Baltimore.  I like snow.

Happily for us, the mountains are not too far.  If we should choose, we could head out to enjoy the snow, then come merrily back to the land of planting the early garden seeds in January.