At the beginning of snow season four boys = 8 boots, 4 hats, 8 mittens or gloves, 4 pairs of snow pants - all neat and new and clean. The first snowfall changes a bleak, muddy backyard into a endless field of snowy white goodness. The excitement builds. Sleds are hauled down from the garage rafters. Ice hockey skates are readied. Plans are made with all the neighborhood buddies to snowboard, sled, skate and snowball fight. And then, they're out the door.
One month into snow season I give one boy my own pair of snowpants, he managed to blow the knee out of his own sledding down a hill into a rock.
One boy has one glove and one mitten in two different colors rescued from the miscellaneous winter item bin I've been collecting for 13 years.
Hats are seemingly either too small or much too large, from what I guess is the pushing, pulling and grabbing of some sort of snow tackle football.
The rug by my front door is a slushy, muddy mess.
My backyard is no longer a beautiful, pristine expanse of snowy white snow. It's covered with boot tracks, sled tracks, dog tracks, a wayward sled and piles of ice-balls.
And all this in the first solid month of winter. I have 3 months and 21 days until the first chance of spring thaw. However...
It's 7:50 p.m. My boys are exhausted, one is already asleep and the others are actually quietly watching a movie and getting along with each other. Even the dogs are too tired to beg for treats. I guess I'll make it through another winter, even if I have to buy another pair of snowpants.
5 weeks ago
5 comments:
Oh I'm laughing because it is funny and because it's true -- I have 5 boys, which I bring up not to try to top you, but to let you know that I share your, uh, joy? My favorite time of the year is March when we have destroyed all the snow pants, there is still another month of winter here in New Hampshire and all the stores mock my efforts with their brightly colored Easter outfits.
Suzanne
Oh, the mittens and hats. I can never keep track of them. They are sooo expensive too. I try to keep it all sorted but it's hard. My backyard looks similar to yours! At least they are having a ball!
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Shannon
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