A Snowy Spring Day

What a delight to wake up this morning to snow. What we had in our yard was (finally) nearly melted away, and last night when I let the dog out around 9:00, there was a dusting. By this morning, there was a good 8 inches of heavy, wet snow for me to brush off my car before I went to church at 8:30. I left the snow on the roof of the car, and went to the Fire Hall to work at the chicken barbecue. When I left at 3:00 this afternoon, there was at least a foot of snow on the car. The fact that it is April 3rd makes it a bit of a joke.

A Foggy Night in Manhattan

Washington 

In the world of teaching fourth graders, sometimes they say and do things that blow you away. About a month ago, we were talking about the Revolutionary War, and we discussed the near capture of George Washington, and the escape of him and his army due to the fog that night near Manhattan. I'm never sure how much of these conversations my kids remember, but yesterday, we were reading one of our newspapers, and reference was made to the time that George Washington and his troops were nearly captured. I asked if anyone remembered what it was that kept them from being taken by the British, and one of my girls, we'll call her Meredith, raised her hand. As she doesn't usually know what's happening much, I wasn't too hopeful, but miracle of miracles, she said, "because of the fog". Boy was I impressed.