Every time I relocate to a new city or town there are things I miss about my former home. But as a Canadian I was not prepared to miss the "snow day", at least not in a winter city like Calgary. Alas, I am reminded they never cancel school here.
So yesterday when I read on Facebook that children of my eastern friends were wearing inside out PJs to bed in an attempt to woo the snow gods, I was a bit nostalgic for snow days. Last winter in NB we had one snow day per week from the Christmas holidays until mid February. My children thought we had switched to a four day week.
I have many fond memories of snow days, as a mom as well as a child. Kids wake happily and are outdoors cavorting in it: the same children who can barely be dragged out of bed on a normal school day. There are the forts, the snowball fights, a street filled with kids playing until their snowsuits are wet through. It is topped off by hot chocolate while the snowsuits are dried and then repeated.
I am so happy my children got to experience this Canadian rite of passage. Reminded me of Rick Mercer's rant about snow days- check it out.
If you have recently moved, what do you miss about your former home?
Snow days sound like a great concept! We got those super-rarely in Germany and in the summer once every blue moon we'd get a day off for hear - not that it ever got hot-hot, but with no AC it felt bad. Here in West Texas we sometimes get off for... rain :) There's no drainage system in town, so if it rains everything floods and nobody can drive.
ReplyDeleteI can see a day off due to heat- had never heard of the rain issue, but that makes sense.
ReplyDeleteI miss my friend Sue
ReplyDeleteI am all for snow days, heat days, rain days ... any day goofing off with my kids is a great day!
ReplyDeleteWe had snow days when I was a kid, but we still had to usually go to school, then the announcements would start coming for certain buses. Unfortunately I lived in town, so rarely got a snow day, but I think a snow day every now and then is a good idea.
ReplyDeleteGuess these impromptu days off are great for the mental health of all :-)
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