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Snow in 72 degree weather!?!
OK, so the city of Dothan decided to host a winter street festival and include snow from a snow blower. Sounds good in theory, right? Well, the weekend ended up being unseasonably warm- in the 70s! Anyway, I had pumped up the kids all week about seeing snow and making snowballs... When we get there, it is an absolute free-for-all! Adults and teenagers had taken over the small children's play area and were shooting snowballs SO incredibly hard they were like missiles. I was not going to send them in alone, so I decided to send my mom and Harrison out of harm's way and try to find a spot where I could shelter Gracie and Ethan as they played in a corner. NOT HAPPENING! Within the first minute we are on the snow, which by the way had become compacted and was now just slippery ice, I was pelted square in the nose and mouth! I literally thought my nose was broken or bleeding or something. It wasn't, but as I escorted the kids back over to my mom, people were commenting on how red my face was and that I had a fat lip! The kids were heartbroken, but I tried to explain it just wasn't safe. Later in the afternoon, as we walked to see Santa, I noticed it was much chaotic, so we decided to let the kids try again. It worked out well for about 15 minutes, but then more teenagers and adult men came and took over ruining the fun for all the younger ones- and me! I was again hit in the back of the head, and the rear-end! Those things hurt! Anyway, the kids still enjoyed themselves and after I chastised one of those wild teenagers who almost knocked Gracie down, I felt much better...(Of course, the ice-ball to the back of my head came not too long after that! Hmmm... maybe there is a connection...)
Smiling pretty
Ethan with an ice-ball! The kids had fun throwing them at my legs!
Gracie with an ice-ball on her head!
Me and Gracie in the middle of the anarchy- just before we left for the second time.
Trying to scrape up enough ice to form a ball
Lookout Mommy!
Ella Grace LOVED her pink mittens!
OK, so the city of Dothan decided to host a winter street festival and include snow from a snow blower. Sounds good in theory, right? Well, the weekend ended up being unseasonably warm- in the 70s! Anyway, I had pumped up the kids all week about seeing snow and making snowballs... When we get there, it is an absolute free-for-all! Adults and teenagers had taken over the small children's play area and were shooting snowballs SO incredibly hard they were like missiles. I was not going to send them in alone, so I decided to send my mom and Harrison out of harm's way and try to find a spot where I could shelter Gracie and Ethan as they played in a corner. NOT HAPPENING! Within the first minute we are on the snow, which by the way had become compacted and was now just slippery ice, I was pelted square in the nose and mouth! I literally thought my nose was broken or bleeding or something. It wasn't, but as I escorted the kids back over to my mom, people were commenting on how red my face was and that I had a fat lip! The kids were heartbroken, but I tried to explain it just wasn't safe. Later in the afternoon, as we walked to see Santa, I noticed it was much chaotic, so we decided to let the kids try again. It worked out well for about 15 minutes, but then more teenagers and adult men came and took over ruining the fun for all the younger ones- and me! I was again hit in the back of the head, and the rear-end! Those things hurt! Anyway, the kids still enjoyed themselves and after I chastised one of those wild teenagers who almost knocked Gracie down, I felt much better...(Of course, the ice-ball to the back of my head came not too long after that! Hmmm... maybe there is a connection...)
Smiling pretty
Ethan with an ice-ball! The kids had fun throwing them at my legs!
Gracie with an ice-ball on her head!
Me and Gracie in the middle of the anarchy- just before we left for the second time.
Trying to scrape up enough ice to form a ball
Lookout Mommy!
Ella Grace LOVED her pink mittens!
6 comments:
Snow in dothan, huh? How weird is that? Sounds like it was a war zone for you!! lol.
looks like lots of fun! The first thing I thought before reading was huh? How does Nicole have snow :)
Now that's the way to have snow! Better than a high of 15 like it was here today. :(
I guess you'll just have to make a winter trip up here (maybe next year?) and enjoy plenty of the white stuff without risk of injury. Warming up by the woodstove with hot chocolate or tea....
You sure captured the chaos in your pictures!
I am glad there was some fun had and sorry the big kids (men and teens) were to rude to respect a kids zone. Gracie is adorable in her pink mittens.
Ouch! i bet that hurt!
You caught me off guard for a minute until I read your post. I thought where in AL did we get snow? ;)Sorry the big kids had to spoil the fun!
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