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Last Snow Day of 2015

Posted by | March 23, 2015 | BAMBINOS | 2 Comments

snow day 1

In the past few months I have not blogged frequently enough to keep up with even a tiny fraction of a small slice of our life. To say that I have barely even scratched the surface doesn’t even scratch the surface. But certain things I don’t want to forget. So, over the next few months I’ll be trying to catch up whenever I can on some of the memorable moments that I want to try to remember. This is one of them.

Winter of 2015 involved many snow days. But one, in particular, really stood out to me.

The bambinos’ school was closed for a snow day, but — as is typical — Lehigh was not closed. So, life was — as is typical — chaotic at best on that day. I was about to head to my afternoon class (one of my favorite classes I teach: Race & Ethnicity), and was geared up to bring the bambinos along with me (I was to give the mid-term exam that day), when the notification went out to the entire campus community: Lehigh closing! Kyle, Owen, and Meera ran ahead to my classroom, where many students were already gathered. There was an excited moment when everyone was realizing at once that class was officially cancelled. And then an even more excited moment when I announced: “Does anyone want to come to our house for hot chocolate?!”

I don’t know who was more excited, my students or my bambinos.

But the real winner in all of this is me. A whole crowd of my Race & Ethnicity students, and my own three kids, all headed with me down the campus path to our apartment. The snow was falling clear and white and there was such a feeling of lightness all around. Everyone took off their boots and parkas and piled them in the hall, then crammed into our cozy apartment.

I had hot chocolate and marshmallows on hand (all winter I had been secretly waiting for the perfect spontaneous moment to impromptu do this), and everyone was amazed at how many mugs we own (when you live the kind of life we live, you gotta have enough to go around; one of the many strange details of our unusual lifestyle).

We sipped hot chocolate and cozied up to ride out the afternoon in the snowstorm.

snow day 2

It turned out to be the last really big snow of 2015 — the last time the bambinos had a snow day — and the only day that Lehigh closed this winter.

It was memorable.

I don’t know how much my students will remember from my lectures this semester. But I’m pretty sure they’ll never forget that snow day.

IMG_7372 IMG_7373I won’t forget that day either. It is such a gift to me to have those moments.

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2 Comments

  • Katie says:

    I’m going through recent posts trying to piece together the new additions to your apartment and it looks great! We are trying to figure out our small space as we add another baby to the family and I like seeing what you’ve done. LOVE the hot chocolate snow day! Lucky students :)

  • Kate says:

    Lucky students & what an experience for you all to treasure! So fun!
    – Kate

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