speaking of snowflakes...

last tuesday, i planned to make snowflakes with the kids at my husband's family's thanksgiving dinner. not only was it a hit among those old enough to hold scissors (and as you can see, those too young for scissors held cookies instead), but the adults got in on the action too.

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and speaking of snowflakes, it snowed out at my dad's on thanksgiving day. it didn't really stick, but big, juicy flakes fell in a real hurry from the cloudy sky. and that, folks, is something else. it never snows this time of year in Seattle. i can count on one hand the number of Christmases during which i've seen snowfall, and you can't sing "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" without somebody making a comment. and to make matters more interesting, it wasn't a freak accident - late yesterday afternoon, we watched a good four inches accumulate on our porch. and now they're threatening that a little more may be on it's way. amazing.

so maybe we'll have a white Christmas this year, after all. but just in case our cutting up paper snowflakes had anything to do with recent precipitative events, you can bet we'll be making more in time for Christmas. ;)