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Showing posts with label Snow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snow. Show all posts
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Cut the Pie - Snow Day Style!
Hey Everyone,
There is nothing like a day off school and a fun game to play with the kids while enjoying this unusual snow! Cut the Pie was always a neighborhood favorite back home when the boys were young. I thought it might be nice to share since we have so many families in the garden with children.
Ingredients:
Snow
Kids with energy to burn
Directions:
In the snow stomp around in a large circle, about 10 feet in diameter. Make sure the path is about a foot wide and well packed down. Then section the circle in half and repeat until your masterpiece resembles an 8-piece pie.
Make sure the children understand they cannot cut through the pie but only travel on the paths you have made.
For the game of tag, the child who is "IT" stands in the center of the pie. On the word "GO", they must cut the pie and try to catch or tag another child. The child who is caught or tagged is then "IT" next.
Repeat as necessary to burn off energy!
I also found this pie on Pinterest with slightly different rules that sounds like fun as well.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/90142430011347347/ - link to a Cut the Pie game on Pinterest with similar rules.
Happy Snow Day,
Denise, Beds 25 & 29
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| Nothing like a snow day! |
There is nothing like a day off school and a fun game to play with the kids while enjoying this unusual snow! Cut the Pie was always a neighborhood favorite back home when the boys were young. I thought it might be nice to share since we have so many families in the garden with children.
Ingredients:
Snow
Kids with energy to burn
Directions:
In the snow stomp around in a large circle, about 10 feet in diameter. Make sure the path is about a foot wide and well packed down. Then section the circle in half and repeat until your masterpiece resembles an 8-piece pie.
Make sure the children understand they cannot cut through the pie but only travel on the paths you have made.
For the game of tag, the child who is "IT" stands in the center of the pie. On the word "GO", they must cut the pie and try to catch or tag another child. The child who is caught or tagged is then "IT" next.
Repeat as necessary to burn off energy!
I also found this pie on Pinterest with slightly different rules that sounds like fun as well.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/90142430011347347/ - link to a Cut the Pie game on Pinterest with similar rules.
Happy Snow Day,
Denise, Beds 25 & 29
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Memory Lane!
Hey Everyone,
It's a little funny how some things seem to trigger the memories of life. Put a little ice and snow together and it sends Rick and me well on our way to reminiscing about the Ohio Blizzard of 1978. To this day, it is still considered the Storm of the Century for that area.
Much like any other winter forecast it started with the usual. "Rain tonight, possibly mixed with snow at times. Windy and cold Thursday with certain snow flurries." In as little as 15 hours, rain turned to ice and snow as the temperatures dropped from the mid-thirties to the low teens. Sustained winds between 35 and 40 mph with gusts up to 76 mph took the wind-chill to places even Ohioans never thought possible. Massive snowdrifts were up over the roof of the family home and "snowed in" took on a completely new meaning. A little over a foot of snow fell that day on top of sixteen inches from a previous storm earlier that same week. According to the Ohio Historical Society, over thirty years later, it is still one of the most devastating winter storms on record.
When I look at the man shoveling the snow and ice, though aged and changed in appearance, I still see the neighbor boy from a few doors up walking down to check in on his girlfriend and her family. The shovel is almost an antique now as we bought it for our first home so long ago. I treasure this time as taking a snow day with a childhood friend, irritating teenage boy, incredibly thoughtful boyfriend, love of my life, and partner who occasionally drives me nuts, is really not that bad at all.
Stay safe, be warm, and enjoy each other,
Denise, Beds 25 & 29
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| Rick finding it next to impossible to get the ice off! |
Much like any other winter forecast it started with the usual. "Rain tonight, possibly mixed with snow at times. Windy and cold Thursday with certain snow flurries." In as little as 15 hours, rain turned to ice and snow as the temperatures dropped from the mid-thirties to the low teens. Sustained winds between 35 and 40 mph with gusts up to 76 mph took the wind-chill to places even Ohioans never thought possible. Massive snowdrifts were up over the roof of the family home and "snowed in" took on a completely new meaning. A little over a foot of snow fell that day on top of sixteen inches from a previous storm earlier that same week. According to the Ohio Historical Society, over thirty years later, it is still one of the most devastating winter storms on record.
When I look at the man shoveling the snow and ice, though aged and changed in appearance, I still see the neighbor boy from a few doors up walking down to check in on his girlfriend and her family. The shovel is almost an antique now as we bought it for our first home so long ago. I treasure this time as taking a snow day with a childhood friend, irritating teenage boy, incredibly thoughtful boyfriend, love of my life, and partner who occasionally drives me nuts, is really not that bad at all.
Stay safe, be warm, and enjoy each other,
Denise, Beds 25 & 29
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