Sick of Winter

Yes, freshly fallen snow is beautiful. And dangerous road conditions creating four-day weekends are great. And today's temperature of 0 degrees, with a wind chill factor of 20 below (that's fahrenheit!) is certainly invigorating. Nonetheless I am really, really sick of winter.

Igloo-eers

Thomas and Bryce spent their day off from school on Thursday (the roads didn't get plowed until Sunday morning) working on this igloo. (Guess what culture Thomas is studying in school right now.)

So Tired, Tired of Waiting, Tired of Waiting for You..

Frederick, tired of walking hip-deep in snow, takes a well-earned break at the edge of a sidewalk, refreshing himself with a healthy dose of new snow.

Snow Storm Heading to Flint! 15 inches Expected!!!

And Frederick shouts, "Huzzah!"

Snow Boy

There was a boy, a very strange, enchanted boy...Too right! Frederick, who would live outside among the seriously supersized squirrels that feast on our compost pile if we let him, displays his snowboy building skills.

Cartooning Class

Every Tuesday from 4:30 until 6, Thomas heads to the Flint Institute of Arts to attend his Cartooning 101 course. So far the teacher has explained the 10 Essential Features of a super hero (the superhero Thomas invented is called 2-D Guy "Because I'm not very good at drawing in 3-D."), the 5 Essential Features of a Super Villain (which Thomas won't explain to either Simon or me because "it's personal") and the basics of "paneling a story" (which is "You know, writing a story in panels.") Why didn't such cool things exist when I was a kid? I'd say that this is yet another example of youth being wasted on the young, except that Thomas really enjoys these classes and takes the Cartooning Theory very seriously.