Fostering curiosity in kids (and their parents) since 2011

Posts tagged ‘Nature’

My daughter stands in the snow along the side of our driveway. The drifts are impressive, completely encasing our cars, but it is the fact that the snow on the ground (not drifts) is as deep as she is tall that catches my eye.

“How do you make snow cream?”

Pretty much the only thing my husband likes about winter is snow cream, so when we heard that Governor Patrick had declared a snow emergency for Massachusetts, we stocked up on condensed milk and vanilla so that we would be fully prepared once the snow finally arrived.

Chicago strikes again

Before we moved here, I blew off Chicago winters. Boston typically gets Chicago weather two days later, and since I had lived in the Boston area for nearly 14 years, I had been through many a hard winter. I had the equipment to deal with it. I’d be fine. Then this winter happened.