it's a beautiful sight . . .

we're happy tonight! walking in a winter wonderland! i've decided that you can still sing that song because it never really mentions christmas so it's just a winter song.

winter wonderland


"sleigh bells ring. are you listenin'? in the lane, snow is glistenin'. it's a beautiful sight! we're happy tonight. walkin' in a winter wonderland"

the snow really is beautiful. tonight we saw sparkles as we walked from the snow that was falling. i love it. i really do. i've been waiting all year for this!

"gone away is the bluebird. here to stay is the new bird. he sings a love song, as we go along, walkin' in a winter wonderland."

speaking of birds, i saw some sea gulls when i went to wal-mart. i never thought about it but i guess sea gulls don't migrate (???). i felt bad for the poor guys; they must have been super cold. i don't know if they were singing love songs but they were definitely making their sea gull noises!

"in the meadow we can build a snowman. then pretend that he is parson brown. he'll say, "are you married?" we'll say, "no, man! but you can do the job while you're in town." OR "in the meadow, we can build a snowman and pretend that he's a circus clown. we'll have lots of fun with mister snowman until the older kiddies knock him down."

now, i haven't built a snowman yet. the snow didn't seem really packable. i tried to make snowballs but really i'm just not good at that. boys are so much better at making snowballs! why is that?!

"later on, we'll conspire as we dream by the fire to face unafraid the plans that we made walkin' in a winter wonderland."

wow! didn't know that was all one sentence until just now. alas, we cannot conspire (or perspire as i sing in my own version) by a fire. we do have a fireplace but it's just decorative. the theory is that they (the higher ups) don't trust us enough to let us have a functioning fireplace.

"when it snows, ain't it thrilling?! though your nose gets a chilling. we'll frolic and play, the eskimo way, walking in a winter wonderland."

yes, it is so thrilling when it snows! who cares about cold noses . . . not me!! we definitely frolicked and played yesterday. don't know if we did it the way eskimos do. we did attempt snow angels. it's hard when the snow is this deep. we jumped in, ran through, took pictures of, and ate the snow! i couldn't feel my butt when i came inside. that was neat. i heard someone say that people shouldn't walk through or play in the snow because it's not pretty like that. it should just stay all fresh and clean and uncorrupt. you know what i say to that?! bah! playing is just as important (if not more) than aesthetic beauty. i do admire the fresh, clean beauty of it but it won't stay forever so you have to have fun in it while you can!

today, i had to clean off my car. that was a new experience. don't think i've ever had so much to clean off before and then it was dicey as to whether i would actually be able to back out of the parking spot because the dumb snow plows end up making huge heaps behind the cars. oh well, mission was accomplished and i made it to wal-mart and walked around with very wet pants (i had to step in some deeeeeeep snow while cleaning off the car)!