Snow Princess

My daughter made this Snow Princess in second grade during an Art Docent project. I remember her bringing the creation home during the month of December and we instantly set her in our kitchen by the napkin holder; so we could see her every single day. I love her creation.

And then it was about that same night that our power went out ... and stayed out for 48 hours, with the rest of the western half of our state staying out for as much as five days. We had had a huge windstorm, followed by freezing temps, snow, and ice that lasted clear until February.

School was canceled the last few days before the winter break; no school holiday party, no time to give teacher gifts, or to bring home Christmas project gifts. Upon return in January, school was on again ~ off again. For every two-hours late, the morning Kindergarten class did not attend. For every school cancel, every body stayed home with mom.

And wouldn't it be, that that was the year that my son was in morning Kindergarten. I started marking my calendar for every day he missed from school due to weather or vacation. He missed 28 days of school between Thanksgiving break and February 1st and that is a sincere fact. That was also the year in February that he caught a nasty bug and was out another week preceding mid-winter break. However, after missing so many days, I am happy to report that he still passed and graduated from Kindergarten.

It was about mid-January that same year when my daughter and I looked at her pretty Snow Princess and debated whether to put her in the closet. Could this sweet art truly have started this fiasco? But it has become a cute tradition to place her on the counter in the winter and remember the winter of 2006 to 2007.

The Snow Princess went on display early this week and now all television channels are predicting a snow storm rolling in tomorrow. My daughter's eyes are twinkling.

Update: The snow started falling at 8:15 this evening. Imagine the screams of delight heard in my house tonight.