Snow Day

Snow is a lot of work . . . for Wayne. I don't do much shoveling, especially these days. But snow is a lot of fun too. Julia gets to enjoy snow angels, sledding/tubing, snowman building and snowflake eating - stuff I never got to do as a kid. In college, when passing playgrounds in the winter, I remember thinking that it is so much easier growing up in CA, never having to bundle up to go outside and play. That remains true, but there are perks to growing up in the northeast.

We went into a local knick knack store with Christmas Village houses, figurines, etc. There was one depicting the making of snow angels and Julia was intrigued. It's the first thing she wanted to do when it snowed.



We were unprepared when the snow fell - without a sled or waterproof mittens for Julia. We went to Sports Authority to get a sled, but they only had snow tubes. So Wayne went to Target in the same mall area and when he went back to Sports Authority because there were no sleds at Target either, he estimated that 10 or 15 tubes had been purchased in the 20 minutes he was gone. We weren't the only ones desperate to have fun with the snow.

Some kids had created a gigantic snow-leaf ball rolling it down a hill. Wayne and Julia put in a couple of pushes to contribute to the local snowball effot.

Reindeer Games

Different ways to play the game "Santa."

1. Carry around any type of bag with any type of object and distribute.
2. Order parents to sit on your lap and tell you what they want. Remind them that they can only ask for one present.
3. Instruct parents to fall asleep on couch. Place "present" before them or under the tree. Runaway giggling. When parents exclaim wonder about presents, come back and announce yourself. Ask them if they like their presents. Give them a hug and kiss and say that you must go.
4. Repeat #3, but this time, come back and correct their mistaken impression that Santa had come. It was Mrs. Claus and Mrs. Claus would not only like milk and cookies, but also hamburger. Cookies, milk and hamburger.
5. Instruct parent to behave badly. Scold them and tell them that they won't get a present. When they promise they will be good from now on, say that you might still give them a present, but they must be good.
6. No rules. Add your own variation of a Santa game.