March 12, 2008 by Barbara.

I’m praying that the popular wisdom “big flakes, small snow” holds true today. The snow is falling again but to my eye, the flakes are pretty big, maybe not huge, or hugandous to use Reid’s word, but certainly they’re bigger than what fell Saturday. I’m sort of afraid to google the question for fear of confirming that there is no basis in fact and I’ve pinned my hopes on a myth. Me, the one who always checks the emails I get about missing kids, new illnesses, safety risks, etc. I’m a coward, eh? The US National Snow and Ice Data Centre probably has the answer but I’m not sure that I want it.

Do you know if there is any science to prove or disprove “big flakes, small snow”? I am going to send the question to Environment Canada (the site doesn’t have any information) and see if one of the meteorologists will answer. I’ll let you know if they do.

Edited to add: I wrote this on the way to work. By 10 o’clock the snow had stopped and the sun came out and helpfully melted the dusting of snow we had.

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March 12, 2008 by Barbara.

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March 12, 2008 by Barbara.

A couple of weeks ago, one of the daycare teachers called to tell me that Reid had drawn a duck that you could actually see was a duck. She said that it had been framed and was in the art room. When I got to daycare, I was impressed with the approach - they have a nice wooden frame hanging on the wall. The frame has no glass in it and so the teachers can put the artwork into the frame without much of a hassle. (See the frame and Reid’s masterpiece.) In a daycare, this approach allows for many kids to see their art “featured”. It will work at home, too, and we’ll get Reid in the habit of assessing which of her masterpieces are her favourites. This is similar to a suggestion in It’s All Too Much by Peter Walsh and I think that the book is chock full of wisdom.

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