Often I don't notice how parenting has changed until I look around and go, wow, I haven't changed a diaper in years. I had one of those moments this week-end. It snowed. So, I told the kids to put on their snow clothes and go play outside. I lay on the couch and trudged my way through the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Sure, I may want to go play in the snow with them, but I no longer have to.

The snow has continued to pitter about and the Seattle schools have done their typical job of making crazy decisions. We had a two hour late start this morning--it rained. It started to snow a half hour before school was supposed to start, but did they cancel school? No. We arrived and they told us school would be two hours short. That's right I went home, had lunch, and went back.

I have spent all fall and winter trying to convince David to wear a coat. I even bought him a new coat that he has never worn. My small triumph this week is he wore his light weight blue jacket after his sweatshirt was thoroughly soaked. And then we have the Nolan factor. Nolan is an older boy whom we play with as much as possible. Nolan wore snow pants and a snow coat today. So, David started pining after snow pants. I took a deep breath and refrained from reminding him I tried to get him snow pants at the second hand store, but he refused. I just said, let's go to the store tonight before the snow hits tomorrow. Unbelievably, we found black bib overalls in his size--just like Nolan's. David was ecstatic. I went from very happy to ecstatic when I realized they were 60% off and I got them for $9.00, pretty much what I would have paid at Goodwill. I also scored two pairs of waterproof gloves for 5.00 each. Maybe I should always wait until the last minute to outfit my kids.

We are supposed to get 5 inches of snow tomorrow, and school is already cancelled. Stay tuned for tomorrow's adventures.