snow day

It snowed yesterday. Not a lot, but it is white. When the boys got home last night, they put on their coats, hats, and mittens, and played in the yard under the glow of the outdoor lights. Jackson built a small snowman. He used buttons, sticks, and an organic baby carrot for the nose. (It's all we had.) Last night they announced a two-hour delay for school, but this morning they announced school was cancelled today.

It looked like it might snow all through the night, but it did not. They are forecasting, however, a couple waves of snow through Thursday, and maybe another series next week. I wonder if we are getting some of the storms that dumped all that rain upon Ariel in Hawaii. It should be clear but cold Saturday. We are planning to take the Polar Express out of Santa Fe, which should include a reading of the story, hot chocolate, and, of course, the children dressed in their pajamas. There ought to be a conductor, tickets to punch, and Santa, too. The express Railrunner is up and running as of this week, and I think there is a schedule that would take us from Albuquerque to Santa Fe before the Polar Express departs and take us back afterwards. For free this weekend, too.

Maybe we will have a white Christmas. The boys' grandma asked me, "Why does everyone want snow on Christmas? It just makes it hard to drive." Cyndi and the boys would love it. It's that vision of a sleighride "over the meadows and through the woods, to Grandmother's house we go." We don't know where Christmas will be this year. At the moment, we are figuring out Bennie's continued care, which may or may not bring him home for Christmas.