Bits and pieces

Some favorites from the week:

This book. I couldn't put it down, and I now I can't stop thinking about it.

I skipped the final season (and season finale) of Parenthood so I'd be able to watch it in one fell swoop. It ranks up there as one of my all-time favorite series, and I will miss the Bravermans terribly.

Remember Felicity? As I waited for the end of Parenthood, I began to spend a few late nights re-watching this other favorite, which ran from 1998 to 2002. Back then, it reminded me of my own time in college. Now, it makes me think of my children, and what's just around the corner. Eek.

Hometown pride.

So it's been a little snowy around here. There were two days off from school, much shoveling and blowing, and a dog in snow heaven, but now we're getting back to normal. As I was driving Holt, who's 12, to school yesterday for his first day back, he reminisced about his unexpected vacation. "I needed that," he said. I had to agree.

(Photo: My 24/7 Media).

February days

February 13: big snow, again; much shoveling (and wondering if someday we might invest in a snow blower); one stuck car (mine, trying to back out the driveway); children out early from school; dog so happy to go out one door and come back in another, around and around; two walks through the woods, in an effort to tire out said dog; snow turning to icy rain; and a mad dash past bedtime by the only one of us left who gives out Valentine's Day cards to 21 children in her class. We were happy, Clementine included, to sleep.

February 14: wishing you calm weather, a very happy Valentine's Day, and if, like us, school's out next week, a little break from your everyday February routine. xoxo

Snow

"One winter morning, Peter woke up and looked out the window.
Snow had fallen during the night.
It covered everything as far as he could see."
~ Ezra Jack Keats, The Snowy Day

Yesterday morning, we woke up to snow covering everything as far as the eye could see. The kids slept late and then spent the day outside, Clementine was in snow heaven, and we're expecting more on Sunday. We may not be as happy at the end of June, when school is still in session because of too many snow days, but for this moment, with a winter wonderland out our window, it's good.

And then to sleep.