Snow Days

While things around Worcester got back to normal pretty quickly after our major snow storm, the key difference is we have no young children or pets in the house. That, of course, makes life much easier to confront, even in this cursed pandemic. Both my son’s and daughter’s families are in a different category entirely. That meant Tuesday and Wednesday were snow days for that bunch.

BRS and Riggins Cooperating on Snow Sculpture

I had no illusions about my daughter venturing out into the snow as she is almost as averse to the cold as her mother, my Favorite Panamanian. Wingman, though, is made of sterner stuff despite his Southern California roots. It could be the years he spent in Minneapolis which means you deal with the cold or you don’t survive. At any rate, he had the FBR out cavorting in the more than two feet of snow they received. She’s rapidly outgrowing the snow suit but still showed she had some New England DNA by truly enjoying the snow time. She regaled us with her feats of legerdemain during our FaceTime calls although she spent most of the time with us trying to add new creatures to the screen via her iPad’s filter. She was a little upset when we ended the call after she stopped speaking for five minutes while she fiddled with the screen. My daughter stayed safely inside, continuing to work from home, during the snow adventures, but she and the FBR did gear up for a LA La Land sendoff to the day shortly before bedtime on both nights. That’s when they put their favorite scene from LA La Land on the TV and then dance together with the ladies on the screen.

Some of FBR's Filter Work

With her Mom

Cold Averse Daughter

Her northern cousin, the BRS, also loves frolicking in the snow along with Riggins. The ABFA had them both outside enjoying the deep snow. Riggins stayed out so long he ended up with mini-snowballs glommed onto his most of his undercarriage. The BRS climbed up her snow covered playground to claim pre-eminence over the backyard while Riggins tunneled through the snow drifts below. The FBR also helped her dad out by pulling all the snow poles out that marked the sides of the driveway for the snow plow. When they moved inside BR3 continued her devastatingly adorable ways. I didn’t think it would be possible but she’s become even more entertaining recently and now waves to the camera when she hears our (mostly my Favorite Panamanian’s) voices. We are so looking forward to our trip north to see them this weekend to celebrate the BRS’ third birthday.

Sliding on Driveway

Riggins Looking Majestic

BRS as Snow Bunny

Smile is a Family Trait

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RECURRING CHARACTERS                                           

BR3 – granddaughter #3, BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; FBR - First Blog Reader - first granddaughter, ABFA – Amazing Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law; Wingman – my son in law; Keene Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene, NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to attract women; Kindergarten Friend – friend since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Pittsburgh College Roommate – high school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3^rd musquetera (musketeer); Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy, son's dog; PanaGals – female relatives /friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we have lived & their spouses; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia member, Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of course); First Friday – celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Curbside Girls – close friends of my daughter acquired during her single days in Brooklyn