Quote of the Day: Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale ’til its appropriate liberator comes to set it free. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
The night before, my youngest sons had their cross-over ceremony from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts. Look at them cross their bridge!
A right of passage, moving from one stage of life into another. I have had a great time being in scouts with my boys. They’ve had great leaders, great activities, and I have made great memories with them. When I tucked them in that night, Charlie said, “You can still do stuff with us in Boy Scouts, Mom.” They won’t need me as much, and that’s how it is supposed to be. Look how happy they are!
The sleet was really pelting us and snow was filling in the driveway even as we came home. I told my oldest son, Bobby, that they might have school cancelled, or at least delayed. He doubted it, so he said, “If they cancel school tomorrow, I’ll bake chocolate chip cookies.”
They’re delicious! I took this opportunity to teach Zach how to use the snowblower.
He did a great job. This was the biggest snowfall of the season! The neighbor boys started to drop in.
They must have smelled the cookies! Having a snow day feels something like finding extra money in the pocket of your winter coat. You aren’t always happy about moving into the season of winter coats, but you are happy for the extra cash.
With this eventful week, I haven’t gotten to the Oscar movie reviews I promised. I’ll start with Inception. Bobby watched it with friends and loved it. He got it for his birthday and watched it with his dad and brother. They all liked it. I watched 10 minutes, was completely confused and bothered by the violence, so I turned it off and watched Ratatouille with the younger boys. I love the music in that show, and my favorite line: You’re the one who was getting fancy with the spices.
Thanks for sharing our Snowday – Go. Create. Inspire!
Journaling Prompt: What would you do with found money, or found time? Did you see Inception? What did you think of it?
Winter’s still holding on here in New England too. It’s snowing here as I type, and will through tomorrow noontime :/
Congrats to your sons crossing the bridge to Boy Scouts … They’re on their way to Eagles!
We had a light dusting last night thankfully. We had our big dump last Sunday. Where is Spring??? :O)
Mary, I love the way you paint verbal pictures with your words. I love hearing the sweet sentiments from your sons. I love the way you pull something really immense out of a “small” event, like a Boy Scout bridge crossing and point us to the other crossings in our life. And I LOVE pictures of chocolate chip cookies baked by your oldest son. If only I can dive in and have one. It’s Lent though, so I can’t, even if I could. Haha. Have a good one!
Sounds like such a fun snow day! And you know you’ve raised your kids right when they bake you cookies voluntarily! 🙂 Inception was a great movie, but I personally prefer Ratatouille and Up and all of those cheery Pixar movies 😉 Enjoy the snow!
That’s A LOT of snow for this late in the season. Wow. But those cookies look delicious!! 🙂
More snow? Goodness! Here’s hoping it goes away and soon. I’m ready for summer!!
My husband and I borrowed Inception from a friend and I really liked it. It’s a mind twister and I love those types of films. Funny, but everyone told me I’d need to see it at least 3 times to figure it out. I figured it out half way through. It wasn’t obvious, it was very well written, but I read a lot of stories with twists and bizarre turns. That helped 😀
Enjoy those cookies!
You have a wonderful family and Boy Scouts is such a great thing to participate in. It really builds character. I enjoyed all your photos.
I love the analogy about finding cash in your coat and a snow day! What a fun day with family (and friends). Send me a cookie, will you?
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Such a cute photo of all the boys playing a game.
That is some serious snow! Don’t get that where I live…
I’ve watched both Inception and Ratatouille – and enjoyed both! I like movies like Inception where there are all these layers of meaning and you have to really think (though I usually get lost quite quickly and my boyfriend has to help me keep up to speed…). I recently read an interpretation of Inception that said the entire movie was actually a dream. Confusing!