Let it snow!!

Tuesday, November 20












We got our first snowfall today!! There were snow showers that started at around 10:30 and lasted until about 1:00. There wasn't much accumulation because it was above freezing - so the final results looked like an Alabama snow (just in November).















My mom is here visiting for Thanksgiving, and we were at TJ Maxx when it started. Other people in the check-out line were groaning at the snow, but we were excited! Mom says that we're probably the only aduts in town excited to see the snow. She ate lunch at school with Rachel today and said that the girls were all so excited. They went out for recess after lunch and Rachel later told me that they built two very small snowmen. David enjoyed the snow too. We had a friend with us today and the boys had a great time making footprints on the driveway!


This past weekend, Jamie and Tim went for their first campout with the Boy Scouts here. It was a chiller!!












The troop has land up in New Hampshire, and the low on Saturday night was around 25. So, Jamie has earned his polar badge for camping in below freezing temperatures. The other parents told Tim that that wasn't cold. It's really cold on the February freeze campout!!
Tim says that Jamie had a very good time and made some good connections with some of the boys in his troop. I'm so glad that he is finding a place here!


Also on Saturday night was the International Festival at Sloan. It was a terrific party where the fellows made booths with decorations, information, and most importantly - food- from their home countries. The children were given "passports" which were signed by the person manning each booth. Rachel had a great time going all over the world! Tim and I ate way too much!! I tried to go easy and ask each fellow which offering was his/her favorite food, but they all said, "You have to try everything!" So, even limiting myself to only a bite of each, I still got stuffed. We even had Turkish Delight from Turkey!! It was much better than what I had made for supper club last year! This was more like a bland jellybean covered in powdered sugar. There was also chocolate Turkish Delight, but I didn't get a piece of that. My favorite thing was the Bakalava!!









Mom arrived on Sunday, and we took her to eat at Bertucci's - one of our favorite places here (even if it is a chain). On Monday, Mom and I got to go to a lecture/lunch at MIT. The speaker was from the Media Lab at MIT and has done a lot of work with music and technology. He was fascinating!! Mom got to meet several of the fellows at the lunch. She also got the experience of riding the "T", but her expreience was actually too good. We had an almost perfect trip - not too crowded and not having to wait for the buses and train.