snow angels

I admit this is really pretty delayed, but it still was cool to see anyway.

When we had the last snow, a week or two ago, I had a very rare sighting.

There were kids, walking up the roads with sleds. I had to do a double take. First off, these kids were actually outside. They were not carrying video games. They were pulling primitive fun machines that made me truly nostalgic.

How I loved making this sighting, knowing these kids were going to have some fun that involved being out of the house, physically moving, with no batteries or electric in sight.

When we were kids, after we walked through the 12 feet of snow barefoot, (insert groan) we played outside in the snow literally for hours, or even an entire day. This was after gorilla gluing ourselves to the radio listen to WSBA to hear if our school was closed.

We'd only come back in when we had to, which was either a. when our gloves were frozen into stiff forms, b. when our moms MADE us come in, c. our noses would run, then freeze, or d. we could no longer feel our legs. Even after any of those, it was usually with reluctance we'd go inside. My mom would lay our clothes on top of the register over the coal furnace to dry. If we were really lucky, we had another whole set of clothing so we could go back out.

There were always kids at the best hills, and it didn't look like the ghost towns it does now when it snows. I am so happy when kids go out now and experience some of the same. Uncomplicated, now THAT was fun!