Having closed all the schools again at midday because of snow, and all we got was rain - again. Last night I posted on fb: Anyone want to come round and make a Rainman? (27 likes) Yes the cynicism was running high in Jerusalem last night.
We went to bed last night in a not very hopeful mood. Yes it was settling but it kept turning into rain (sleet and graupel actually) which washed it all away.
However we woke up to this (and another day off school, hooray!).
I love to look at the snow but I hate going out in it. My biggest memory of snow in England was being made to go out during the lunch hour at school, aged 7. I had cotton socks in thin wellington boots and I stood miserably on the veranda for an hour while my toes slowly froze.
Fast forward 45 years and other people's photos began to appear on whatsapp and fb, frolicking in the snow and looking happy. Totally unfathomable imo. We were still in pyjamas.
Still, I accepted that with a 6 year old, you have to do your parental duty and I wasn't going to deny her some snow experience. Lucky we had everything we needed on our balcony.
After that experience and a few snowcastles made with the beach buckets, DD was cold, wet, and had also had enough. We came inside, changed into clean, dry pyjamas, put on the heating and made hot drinks.
Right I'm done. Bring on the rain.
We went to bed last night in a not very hopeful mood. Yes it was settling but it kept turning into rain (sleet and graupel actually) which washed it all away.
However we woke up to this (and another day off school, hooray!).
I love to look at the snow but I hate going out in it. My biggest memory of snow in England was being made to go out during the lunch hour at school, aged 7. I had cotton socks in thin wellington boots and I stood miserably on the veranda for an hour while my toes slowly froze.
Fast forward 45 years and other people's photos began to appear on whatsapp and fb, frolicking in the snow and looking happy. Totally unfathomable imo. We were still in pyjamas.
Still, I accepted that with a 6 year old, you have to do your parental duty and I wasn't going to deny her some snow experience. Lucky we had everything we needed on our balcony.
After that experience and a few snowcastles made with the beach buckets, DD was cold, wet, and had also had enough. We came inside, changed into clean, dry pyjamas, put on the heating and made hot drinks.
Right I'm done. Bring on the rain.
Wow!! I didn't realise you got proper snow! Is that unusual? We had a big snowfall in the mountains which is newsworthy but expected and facebook went crazy as there was snow, not enough to settle though in Nicosia, Limassol and for the 1st time since 1996 in Paphos but you couldn't have even made a snow ball!
ReplyDeleteWe get snow inn Jerusalem because we are in the mountains. It''s not usually as much as this though. Having said that, we had hours of sunshine this afternoon and thunderstorms tonight - it'll all be gone by the morning unless the rain turns to snow again in the small hours.
DeleteAwwwwww! I LOVE your teeny weeny little snow person! It looks like the one Big Sis made a couple of weeks ago: http://www.mummyslittlemonkey.com/2015/02/ickle-snowman-magic-moments.html xx
ReplyDeleteThank you. He lasted a whole 12 hours before the sun and them more torrential rain killed him off.
DeleteWonderful snowman! If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were living in Southern Ontario.
ReplyDeleteYes except it's now Sunday and the snow has completely melted. I don't think Southern Ontario has only 2 days of snow.
DeleteDo you realise that you've had more snow than we have in Dublin? And the snowman on the balcony is the cutest idea I've seen in a long time :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. r.i.p. All the snow has gone and we are back to normal.
DeleteYes, you got way more snow than we did in Dublin!
ReplyDeleteBah hum bug ;-)
I really like that snowman too.... and his binoculars! xx
Yes, but it was all gone by Sunday! And Olaf gave his life in the name of science (see the next post).
ReplyDeleteIKWYM - I wish we got as excited as the kids do and yes, we have to do our parental duty, but really? It's freezing and bring on the rain ;) Nice Snowman :)
ReplyDeleteIt was only after last year when she went back to school that she realized you were supposed to go out and play in it. And in a few more years she'll be able to go down herself. As we usually on have snow in Jerusalem once every three years I may get lucky.
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