Baby, it's COOOOLD outside...

School was cancelled today for our kids. With the windchill, the temp is supposed to be -43 today. Is that even a number?? Even the dog doesn't wanna play outside today and that's saying A Lot. So, this morning I broke the news to the kids and got 3 very distinct and different reactions - in my opinion, they correspond directly to the number of years the children have been in school. When I told Mica this morning (Grade 3) she said, "Yesssss!" with the fist-pump and everything. When I told Cale, he said, "What?" with a look of shock and disbelief on his face. And When Egan heard the news, there was a moment of stunned silence, and then he burst into tears. Real, live, sobbing, wailing, tears. I think the biggest issue for him was that it was supposed to be HAT day at school today and he was pretty excited to wear a hat to school.

I was supposed to be in school today too - I'm testing the Kindergarten kids on their alphabets (what fun!!). Funniest thing - Yesterday when I was testing I asked one of the boys in the class "What's this letter?" and he said correctly, "P." And then, "What does this letter say?" and he answered correctly again with the ppp sound. So my third question is, "Can you tell me a word that starts with this letter?" and he says, "P"...so I re-state the question, and he says, "P" again. I ask him, "Do you mean Pea, like the green vegetable?" and he says, really shyly, "No, the other kind...." What a hoot 5-year-olds are.

So instead, I'll clean house, do laundry and maybe get to my scraproom. Mica's down there right now making Friendship pins - remember those from the 80's? Yeah, she's going to single-handedly bring them back!!

Happy Day to you, cold weather or not!