Friday, February 5, 2010

i can dream, can't i?


yay!  it's the weekend!  there is snow expected for the weekend.  i love when we have so much snow that we can just stay in by a roaring fire and play games like monopoly and clue and......oh wait!  that's not my family anymore.  those are my snowy day daydreams!  this is how we lived growing up....oh wait....i didn't get that either!

i was finally old enough to enjoy the roaring fire and games with the family and my brothers were in college!  my mom went back to work!

 i was finally able to play scrabble because i could spell and everyone was tired of the game.

oh, i'm not complaining.  it's just my dream.

when the kids were little.....if there was snow, they were up and trying to stuff themselves into their snow suits, boots and hats to run out the door.  i remember the chaos.  there was so much excitement in the snow.  it was like a puppy when you leave the room and come back.....it's all new again...everytime, it's a surprise! weeeeeee!

enthusiasm!  excitement!  fun!  all before 8 a.m.! every snow day was an event....joy to the world!  getting out the sleds.  kids laughing....  making a snowman....working together......creating....  making hot chocolate. serving  hot chocolate in the snow.....tossing snow balls....walking through the woods.

there were fingers wet and cold.....socks wet.....toes frozen......snowballs in the face.....ears frozen........whining...... sleds rolling over.....snow down the back.....crying......runny noses.

there were wet snowsuits  peeled off onto the wood floor.....boots kicked off at the back door....  mittens tossed over by the heater......wet socks kicked aside..... soup...... more hot chocolate......p.b.s.....quiet moments.

then, a repeat performance.....snow suits on....clean socks....dry clothes...dry snow suits....dry mittens...dry hats.....zipped and buttoned and velcro'd......for more fun with more kids!

all before 10:30 in the morning.  on and on throughout the day.  life was living from one event to the next.  everything was an occasion.  every word required an exclamation point!  it's all a blur!  thank goodness for all of the photos....in an instant i can feel those moments....and remember the chain of events.

now, our kids are barely awake at 10:30.  when they wake up, they feel relieved....as though a snow day means no school...no rush....chill out....sleep some more......roll over.....ipod.....i-touch......slowly roll out of bed and down the stairs.....grab a bite to eat or a sip of milk....and slowly step over to .........the computer.

never even a thought given to outdoors.  no phone calls to make plans to go ice skating.....sledding....frolicking in the snow with friends......nope......... no way.......it's too cold.  too tired....some down time....hang out.....facebook with friends....i chat.....text......hang around.

all of the suggestions i make.....a game of uno....bananagrams....trouble....cards....nope.

oh well...there's always a fire in the fireplace.....nope.....the wood.....needs to be chopped.......later.

a duraflame will have to do.  it's still nice to have a snowy day.

it's just different these days.......we will cut the wood........we  will have a fire in the fireplace.......we will be home.......it will be quiet......we will go out.....to walk the dogs.

a snowy weekend can still be cozy.  i can dream,  can't i?

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