Growing up in the South, snow meant a free day for everyone! We got to stay home and play! I’ve missed snow days. When you live in a part of the world equipped with snow plows and salt, life doesn’t stop for a little snow. We have had one snow day in 14 years at Wheaton, and that took a storm that dumped close to 2 ft in one night. It happened to be the girl’s second birthday!!!

The public schools have snow days, but mostly they have “cold” days. We had 2 this week, and because my classes haven’t started I got to enjoy them! We have snow, but it’s -20 to -30 with the windchill, so we did not take advantage of the snow. Instead, the girl and I spent some unexpected time together indoors! It was wonderful. She played the piano (a lot)…

…learned a new cello piece…

(The girl played it for her class one of the three days she was in school)

…spent time chatting with her buddy…

…and just relaxed…

It was perfect!