Let it snow, man

My kids built this paltry little snowman yesterday, scraping together the first few soggy flakes of what has turned into the first real storm of this winter. It’s not much of a snowman - at least not in the Calvin & Hobbes sense, but it’s a good reminder not to grumble about shoveling the sidewalk.

I got another reminder after finishing the shoveling this morning. As my two girls were kicking the snow around and marvelling at the piles of ice pellets, I put the shovel away and got out the ice melter to put on our steps.

“What’s that stuff?” they asked.

“It’s snow and ice melter,” I said.

“What’s it do?” they asked.

“It melts snow and ice,” I said.

“WHAAAAT!?!?,” they screamed in horror, shooting me the look you’d give if I sprinkled PCBs on your flowerbed.

“Why would anyone want to do THAT? Put it away, Daddy! Put it away!”

Away it went. And away they went, toddling down the sidewalk side by side, thoroughly enjoying the “slush, ice pellets and freezing rain” that had the rest of the city in a tizzy.

Posted by: Paul Gorbould | 01-16-2007 | 01:01 AM
Posted in: Kids