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Learning to like snow

Posted 3rd December 2007 by Nataly, tagged experiences

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I confess, I hate snow and winter and cold and iced roads and slush and winds and early darkness and all the other unpleasantness that comes with winter. I grew up in a very very cold place in the former Soviet Union so I feel like a total wuss complaining about winter here in the Northeast, but there you have it. I dread it.

But I'm trying to learn to like snow because my daughter goes completely ga ga over it. This morning I took an early shower while my husband went to see whether she was awake yet. Then I heard some strange loud noises that sounded like crying from a few rooms away. I ran to her room only to find her running around giggling with excitement - there was snow on the ground. 

Later we put on her full snow outfit - including brand new pink snow boots - and went outside, where my husband shoveled, she took the snow he shoveled and put it back in the driveway with her little shovel, and I got some adorable photos.

I don't like winter and I don't like snow. But I'm trying to change that because my daughter has so much fun with the cold white stuff! 

 

 

 





11 comments so far...

  • I have a love/hate relationship with snow. I grew up in MN and living in KY now, I miss it terribly. It's always odd to see kids sledding when there's still grass showing through the snow. But I'm also becoming acclimated to winters here and am dreading going back to the frozen North.

    It's really the cold I hate. I'd rather get dumped on (like in Grand Marais this week, 20 inches!) than endure a week of below zero. For the high. Here in KY, it gets below zero, but that's the low.

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Jenns on 6th December 2007

  • Hate snow but my oldest finds it an unbelievably great distraction. Biggest benefit of snow is that I can reach out the door for an "art project" that will make only very little mess. I give my big girl a bowl full of snow, gloves, some cut up straws, buttons, etc. and let her run with it. Always good for 20 minutes of giggling and very little mess afterward. You can also fill a tray of snow, put it on the bathroom floor with vehicles, cups, digging spoons, etc. Our barbie has even attempted snow angels. :)

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by pajamamama on 5th December 2007

  • I am the same way. I have always lived in Nebraska and I really don't like the snow or cold. My son on the other hand at 2 loves the stuff. I guess that I like the snow the problem in Nebraska is that we usually get ice before the snow.

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Jacqueline on 4th December 2007

  • Love the snow, hate the cold.

    It's been so far this year playing in the snow with the kids and the husband. Tho it often takes me 30 minutes to get into the right frame of mind.

    After all, it's me who has to do the bundling AND the unbundling.

    On another note - I just went out and did the snowblowing and WHOOPS, the thing hit a bad patch in our driveway and I tore it all up to hell.

    Hope husband is in a good mood when he gets home tonight!

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Naomi on 4th December 2007

  • I feel the same way! I really really hate the cold...we'll see how my daughter feels about it, but I suspect that most little kids love it. Good for you trying to get into it though!

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by mamajama on 3rd December 2007

  • Oh, I loathe snow. Well, that's not true: snow is very pretty, but it just has to be so damned cold to get it. I like walking through three inches of puffy stuff on an otherwise dry sidewalk; I HATE slogging through seven inches of loose, heavy stuff covering an icy sidewalk, like I did 20 minutes ago.

    The tiny ones love it, of course, and I take them out and I savour their wonder, and I laugh at their delight and chortle at their tumbles.

    But I still don't like it.

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by MaryP on 3rd December 2007

  • I'm the opposite of Nataly - i LOVE snow... in fact, I was still sick yesterday but i made a point to take my 3 week old son outside to the park to play in the snow... translation - he basically slept and i got to walk around and look at the beautiful trees.... it was magical as my husband would say! :)

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Victoria on 3rd December 2007

  • I think it's a great part of childhood to grow up with snow. I'm glad I did, and that my son did for at least a few years. I feel kind of sorry for both the guys I married in that respect - one grew up in Florida, and one in Southern California, so they both missed that.

    But having said that, as an adult I am quite happy not to deal with it anymore! (There's snow in California, but we have to go visit it.) Maybe your family's next move should be to a warmer climate, Nataly ;-). But till then, it's really good for your daughter that you're trying to enjoy the snow with her.

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Florinda Pendley Vasquez on 3rd December 2007

  • Every time my kids get excited about the snow, I think of it as a chance to mentally zooooom back to my own childhood. Sometimes it's hard -- really, digging the cars out after the snowplow guy plowed them in AGAIN is a drag, but seeing the kids' light up at the sight of an enormous, plow-created snowpile is too cool to stay grumpy. Even my 14-year-old suits up and goes out to play!

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Lylah M. Alphonse on 3rd December 2007

  • First of all, good for you for motivating early. It was waaayyy to snuggly in bed for me to get out and my daughter had to come get me. But her reaction when I told her she could open the curtains was priceless. Second, how commendable that you are trying to make such a change in your attitude toward snow. So hard to do! Mmm, plus there are so many cute hats, scarves and mittens to help make the bundling more enjoyable ;).

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Mandy Nelson - Dandysound on 3rd December 2007

  • oh i am so with your daughter!! snow is what makes winter bareable for me!! it's the fun part, be silly! throw snow balls at your hubby and teach your daughter how to make a snow man! or when you are really annoyed at work grab hot chocolate, and walk outside and look at the trees glistening with ice and it's amazing. LOVE IT!!!! the early darkness does suck but at least with everyone trying to outdo their neighbors for house lights, there are lots of pretty lights to see :)
    i commend you for trying to change your attitude! if you keep noticing and thinking about the good parts, you will soon forget about the parts you dont like! yay!

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Kate on 3rd December 2007

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