Raising Cain: Thoughts on Motherhood
Snow Days Provide Chance to Spend More Time with Kids
Ideas for entertaining the kids when winter weather keeps them home from school.
When I was a girl, nothing made me happier than to wake up to several inches of snow on the ground. My brother and I would eat our breakfast with one eye on the television waiting for the news to include our county in the school closings. Once the magic words appeared, we abandoned our oatmeal and had our snow boots on faster than the weatherman could say, "snow day." In a world before helicopter parenting, we would dash outdoors with only a neighborhood full of children accompanying us. No one missed their children unless they didn't turn up for a meal. We played in the snow all day and arrived home late in the evening with red cheeks and dripping noses. We would peel off layers of wet clothes and snow crusted gloves and get mugs of Mom'…
Holly Hunt
2:52 pm on Monday, January 24, 2011
A friend in Kansas City,KS had a great idea for those snow days when it's too cold to play outside- bring the snow indoors! She places a tarp under her daughter's plastic pool in their walk-out basement. She fills it with snow and let's her son and daughter play until it melts. She can then just pour the melted snow back outside. more ›