S'now Fair

It has been brought to my attention that not everything about snow is awful.

 Fine. Here then is the definitive list of positive snow attributes: 

1) Snow Pack equals more runoff/less fire danger. 

2) Snow in the mountains means happy skiers, healthy local economy. 

3) Snow fall is beautiful.

That’s it. That’s the list. End column.

 P.S. All those things would still be accomplished without the snow falling IN MY DRIVEWAY. Just sayin’.

And then my grandson came to play in the snow at Nana Sugar’s house...

We went sledding on the piles of snow my shoveling had created. We rolled snowballs and shook snow from tree limbs. We ate snow, and left funny footprints, and stomped in the slush—huzzah! We even watched his mama demonstrate how to make the perfect snow angel. 

I had forgotten that snow can be—dare I say—FUN?

Snow fun

John-Boy Shane made the snow fun again. Perhaps shoveling can be fun as well? In the interest of science, I decided to conduct an experiment to prove the theory.

Someone call CPS!

   

Turns out my grandson takes after me. Shoveling snow sucks.  He was not at all amused by my Tom Sawyer attempts to convince him otherwise. He questioned my judgement. He doubted my honesty. He even lamented the fact that it is difficult to contact people concerned with child labor laws on the weekend. He only shoveled two scoops and then he was done.

Serious side-eye

Maybe next time, I’ll bribe him with hot chocolate and a nap...