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December 1, 2025

Some Winter Activities

It’s been a pretty cold winter so far. We’ve already had a few snowfalls, one pretty big one and the others just a dusting. Lauren is very happy about this! No skiing or snowboard yet, but everyone is looking forward to it in the coming weeks/months. Here’s a picture of our house after the first big snowfall.

At the beginning of December, Lauren hosted a cookie exchange with a few of her friends. They all brought their favorite cookies and then decorated sugar cookies together. The dogs also enjoyed the get together 😉

Ashwini participated in Girls on the Run for the first time this year and each runner needs a running buddy so Lauren joined her as the buddy. They ran a 5K together at the Navy Yard in South Philly. Both did a great job!

January 12, 2024

Finally, Snow!

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After almost two years without snow, we finally got some mid-January. The kids, especially Lauren, were thrilled. School was closed for two days and our backyard was filled with neighborhood kids sledding. This was also Buddy’s first snow and he is a big fan.

February 1, 2021

Snowy February

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On February 1 we got walloped with huge snow storm that lasted two days. And then a few days later we got another 3 inches. The girls had one official “snow day” from school, but since the whole virtual set up is in place, they moved to a virtual school schedule for the rest of the week. As I write this blog post in mid-February we’re expecting another 6 inches beginning tomorrow. I guess it makes up for the lack of snow last winter. And if we’re not going anywhere, I guess let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

We’re not sure if Petunia has ever experienced snow before, but I can tell you she loves it! Even though she’s not built for cold weather, we had to drag her inside to warm her up.

December 16, 2020

Snow!

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It’s been well over a year since we’ve had any snow, so it was an exciting day when we got almost 6 inches! At this point we’re not going anywhere, so I say let it snow!

The kids are back to a hybrid school schedule, but because of the weather they were moved back to 100% virtual for three days, which allowed them lot of time to whine about school work while the snow fell outside. But we weren’t total grinches – we gave them lots of time to get out and sled. A lot of the neighborhood kids came by as well. It felt a little like the pre-COVID days with all of the kids playing in the back – with the exception of everyone wearing masks I guess.

We think this was also Petunia’s first snow. She certainly acted like it at least! She was running around like a mad dog – chasing after the kids down the hill. She didn’t seem bothered by the cold and didn’t want to come in.

January 24, 2016

Winter Fun

We’ve had a pretty mild winter until the end of January, when we were slammed with over 2 feet of snow. Sledding in the back yard was in full swing with all of the neighbors coming over to enjoy the hill.

Lauren with some neighbors

Snow bed.

Sadly, Lauren ended a day of sledding by slamming right into our swing set. She knocked three teeth loose, but not stitches were needed, thank goodness.

Dave has also taken Sophie skiing a few times this winter. She’s getting pretty good. They moved from the bunny hill to a green hill during their last trip.

February 14, 2014

What we’re up to these days…

We have found ourselves in a very cold, very snowy winter. In the last month school has been cancelled at least one day each week. On two occasions last week I took Sophie into the office with me. She was actually really great and an office hit – a good distraction for everyone 🙂

Here’s a shot of a day where I had to pick her up early from school. All of this snow fell between 9am and 2pm!

Last weekend we decided to take advantage of the weather and went to Camelback Mountain in the Poconos for a mini ski vacation with our friends Don, Ally and their son Oliver. We enrolled Sophie in ski school for the first time. Here she is before getting on to the skis. Unfortunately she lasted about 45 minutes in ski school before she was over it and Dave had to go pick her up. I think it was a combo of the cold, not knowing anyone in the group, and being uncomfortable on the skis. We’ll give it another try next year and see if it takes…

Now that she’s in the Primary pre-school, Sophie has to make Valentine’s for her entire class of 22 kids. We got started on the project early so we could work on them all week – and we definitely needed to. Of course, tomorrow is Valentine’s day and school is already cancelled, but I’m assuming they’ll reschedule the exchange, as I’m sure we’re not the only family who has spent a good amount of time on these!

And Lauren is becoming a real little kid. She’s eating with a spoon now, and definitely wants to do it for herself, rather than being helped. Ready for Montessori I guess.

January 21, 2014

Snowy January

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This winter has been cold and snowy. We had our coldest day since we’ve lived in Philly, with a high of just 7! Sophie has done some good sledding, but Lauren definitely prefers being in the warm indoors (just like her mama…). Here they are all bundled up and ready to go outside.

Our best mode of transportation on a few days has been the sled…

December 15, 2013

Snow Angels!

We’ve already gotten three big snow storms so far this winter. Last week school was closed early because of the snow, so Amy and I got the girls together to go sledding down a hill close to our house. However, Sophie and Claire were more interested in making snow angels than sledding. They had a blast, despite the freezing temperatures (which they didn’t even seem to feel).

January 27, 2011

Snow Day!

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We got a foot of snow last night and since Sophie got a new snow suit for Christmas we decided to venutre out (well, venture outside the front door at least). While Dave shoveled the street, we did some exploring along the street.