We had our first snow day of the year last week. The forecast the night before promised doom and gloom, and despite the arrival of only an inch or snow overnight, the forecasters kept on warning of heavy snow followed by ice. At 5:45 the school called to say school was canceled.
I let Liam sleep in a bit, and after he had had a chance to wake up, I told him. “Guess what? Today is a snow day – school is canceled because of the weather.” I remembered how excited I was as a kid to wake up and learn of a snow day, and so I waited for the joy.
Instead, Liam immediately panicked and screamed, “No! They can’t close school! Today is bread baking day and I want to play in the snow outside.”
Somewhat taken aback, I said, “Well, we can bake bread here, and we can play outside in the snow here.”
Liam thought about it for a minute and said, “Well, OK, but only if I can go to school tomorrow.”
Kevin and I chose his school because we loved it so much and just knew he would thrive there. So I guess instead of being grumpy that my eldest would rather go to school than stay home with me, I should be thrilled that the place is such a great second home for him.
And I should also hope that his attitude lasts through middle and high school.
Too cute!
I think he’ll probably have a change in heart as he gets older.
Adorable. I do have to agree with Laura though, in that he will most likely have a change of hear as he grows older. How great that he loves his school so much though!
Miss M feels the same way about school–tears on snow days, vacation days, or when she’s sick.
She had a breakdown the other day when I told her that there was no school in the summer! She was only partially mollified by the idea of camp because she knows it’s not the same teachers…
yeah liesl, that’s really quite lovely.
i hope my little people have the same experience of school!
so far, so good – they’ve been there three days lol X