50 degree snow day

Yesterday was a snow day. It was 50 degrees and sunny outside and there was no snow, but it was snow day nonetheless. Sure, it snowed the night before, but the roads were clear and it was a beautiful day, and who cares that the kids will be out of school for 11 days straight starting Saturday? Why not have another day off that will surely place the last day of school somewhere around July 1st?

We made the best of it. Miss Lydia and her mom, Christine, came over to keep us company. Christine and I almost broke our faces squinting in the sun being reflected off the increasingly drippy snow in the yard. The kids "washed" our cars by throwing snowballs at them or cutting out the middle man and just rubbing their damp gloves in the accumulated salt and grime.

After they left, I received a call from the Flapper reminding us that the matinee of the high school's production of Once Upon a Mattress would be starting at 4 if we would like to go. I figured, what the hell? It will totally throw off dinner and could potentially be more painful than the all-white production of Ain't Misbehavin' I saw in a small town in Maine lo some 18 years ago, but we'll give it a shot. It was definitely not the worst thing I've ever seen, and, in fact, I think the slapstick element was perfect for high school students who have the propensity to overact anyway. Prince Dauntless sounded exactly like Paul Lynde which added an interesting element to his song about loving someone named Fred. I was surprised how much the kids enjoyed it, and Dorian only asked to go home 4 or 5 times, so their first theater experience was a success. And Sebastian got plenty of practice using the folding seat as a jungle gym to prepare himself for next week's trip to the dollar kids' movies in town.