Cold Snap

It's been cold here lately. Well, cold for us here on the coast - not like the cold my poor family's experiencing in the prairies. I heard yesterday it got down to -46 degrees (Celsius) with wind chill in the province my brother and his wife live in! Over here it was only -16, with wind chill . Still, it's enough to make life interesting for us - checking to see if there are school closures, scraping the ice off the windows of the car, bundling up both girls and stuffing them into their car seats, slipping around on the roads which are more like skating rinks, hauling both girls into Momo's school for drop-off, bundling Hana back into the car, slipping and skidding all the way back home - and repeating the process again to pick M up, go grocery shopping, hit the library, and whatever other errands we have to run. Doing this 5 days a week can get pretty exhausting! The upside to this, though, is there's a good chance we could have a white Christmas this year, which is unusual in this part of the country.

So Momo-chan had her Christmas pageant at her school yesterday afternoon. As expected, she was the only kid who didn't participate. She's incredibly shy, and hates performing in front of large groups of people. At her ballet recital the other day she was the only girl out of 9 who refused to dance. We tell her it's OK to be shy and to feel free to join in whenever she's ready, but it can be really frustrating watching other people's kids perform with gusto and smiling faces while yours clings to your side with a grimace on her face, practically shaking with fear. She is her mother's daughter, however, so we really can't blame her.

This next picture cracks me up!

Poor little muffin!

Comments

[kat]

Um the last photo is priceless! I jealous of the white xmas but not the -16 degrees that goes with it!!!

[Rae]

Amazing how fast kids grow, little Momo is not so little anymore! I hope it warms up a little, we're headed to Big White on the 26th. The boys are excited to ski, but I have cracked ribs or something and not a huge skier anyway. I'm looking forward to sitting in front of the fire w/ bailey's and knitting. My 5th grade teacher was right, I was born an old lady : )