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Today as we were driving to Eleanor's teacher conference, it started snowing. In November. In North Carolina. Of course, this is the day that the kids get to wait 1.5 hours outside while a friend and I have conferences...

The reaction in the car was immediate. Eleanor started making plans to wake up early the next morning and make snowmen and build a fort. Amanda said, "And we can have snowball fights!" Amanda actually remembers the last big snowfall we had, when Daddy built a sled out of scrap lumber, cardboard and a humongous plastic bag. Clearly, most of their knowledge of snow comes from books (Eleanor is reading "The Long Winter" by Laura Ingalls Wilder) and from a visit to Colorado to go skiing. The reality of snow in North Carolina is not that exciting.

The girls both started chanting, "Snow! Snow! Snow!" Luke joined in: "No! No! No!" He doesn't have to understand to enjoy what his sisters are doing. They had a great time making as much noise as possible.

It was actually 43 degrees or so, and some of the sky was completely clear and the clouds went away soon after the snowfall. We have to get these kids back up to the midwest in the winter, provided their mother can stand the cold.
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Anonymous said…
We had a dusting too. When it started to snow, Anders ran to put his boots on, and found a piece of red construction paper and his magnifying glass. He then went out and caught snowflakes on his paper and quickly tried to examine them before they melted. Since this didn't work well he moved on to catching them with his tongue.

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November 19, 2008 at 6:12 AM
mathmom said…
Wow! I'm so very impressed, what a budding scientist. I agree, catching them on your tongue is very fun. Somehow I was once told about acid snowfall, and ever after I could never quite bring myself to catch them, though...
November 19, 2008 at 6:46 PM
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