For once the snow was perfectly timed. It started after 9.00am on Friday and continued throughout the day. Those of you with school age children will know the significance of 9 o 'clock. It meant that the school was open on Friday. The school did, in fact, ask for children to be picked up early so that those staff with long journeys could arrive home safely. So the weekend started early for my son and many others. Fantastic - we were able to spend it in the local playground sampling the delights of the first snow of the year.
Snow ball fights and sledging were on the agenda. Yesterday there was a BBC programme highlighting the 60th anniversary of the great winter of 1963. It included footage of children sledging and snowballing. Really good to see that some things have not changes in the all that time.
On Friday we also attempted to build a snowman, but for some reason the snow was not sticky enough. Perhaps it needs a night on the ground to settle in. Usually when it snows in London it very quickly does a disappearing trick - often it simply does not live up to expectations. So the pressure is on to get and and enjoy as quick as possible. This weekend knowing that more snow was forecast meant we could wander out, as and when, we wanted. No pressure.
Saturday turned out to be a snowman day. Actually it is a snow penguin. Now comes my admission of parent fail. My son has just turned eight and we had never built a snowman with him. OK I have an excuse for the first couple of years of his life as there was no snow. Not sure how this happened, but it is all now rectified. Snowman with organic carrot duly built in the local park on Saturday.
If ever there was a winter weekend to get outside and play it was this weekend.
Oh this looks so magical, I am still waiting patiently for some snow, hoping we get some tomorrow! Thanks for linking up. Kierna
ReplyDeleteGlad you finally got your snowman built. Personally, I'm hoping we have a snow day tomorrow, too, and that the Daddy D won't be able to get to work, so we can all continue the snowy fun.... It's laying thickly on the ground in our neck of the woods, so fingers crossed!
ReplyDeleteOh my you really did get it thick. Lovely photos of what look like great snow fun. I wish our sleigh were not still lying idle in the shed! Thank you for sharing on Country Kids
ReplyDeleteHadn't realised when I wrote this post that some aprts of teh country hadn't had snow. For such a small island we get very localised weather. Hope the snow spreads out and we all get to share.
ReplyDeleteWe tried to make a snowman but the snow near us was a bit funny and the poor thing collapsed before we'd built him up. Love your shots of the deer (popping over from Country Kids)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Kate - hope you get the right type of snow next time
DeleteWe had snow for a few days before this and the children were willing it to stay until the weekend so we could go off sledging. It's made their year already! Loving the snowman.
ReplyDeleteYou are right - it certainly brightens up January. All our snow has disappeared now - so short-lived
DeleteWe loved it too! Richmond Park must be mesmerising with the snow...
ReplyDeleteSnowy weekends equal lots of happy familes and children. Richmond Park at its best
DeleteWe had a great snowy weekend too. This weekend just looks wet!
ReplyDeleteAll too short - what a difference a week makes. Thanks for your comments
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos - and you actually have a carrot for a nose - I aw a lot of that lacking this year.
ReplyDeleteMakes a great difference if the snow arrives when it can actually be played with - so am glad it did that for you.
Hoping that we may have some more this year - when i checked long term forecast there was mention of a cold half term. Thanks for you comments
DeleteHow lovely we've not had as much snow as normal this year, it needs to come from the north to get a decent fall.
ReplyDeleteI bet you had loads of fun, playing in the snow is great even for us adults
I wonder if adults appreciate more. As we have had snow for last couple of years most of the younger children are now taking it for granted. Thank you for your comments
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