Clap if you like snow

Baltimore city has still not managed to clear streets around campus from our last storm, so classes were cancelled again today. However, the streets out here in the county were in pretty decent shape and Nicholas' daycare was open and we had to pay for the day regardless, so we took Nicholas in and we spent the day working in coffeeshops. We all needed to get out of the house.

And we're very glad we got out for a bit, since the snow is now falling again and we're likely to be housebound again for the next few days. But Nicholas is loving the snow. He hasn't actually gone out in it since December (when he was mostly just confused), but apparently watching the storms from our window has familiarized him with it by now. It was snowing as we brought him in from daycare this afternoon, and he was so excited by it!

From 2010 February

I think he would have been happy to stay outside for hours, but his pants had gotten wet and it was cold, so we brought him in.

The other news of the day is that after weeks of banging together toys and clapping other people's hands, Nicholas figured out clapping today. He has been so close for weeks, but it hadn't occurred to him that he could clap his hands together when he wasn't holding things in them.

From 2010 February

But success. And I swear he knows the meaning of the words "clap" and "snow." He responded accurately to each today.