After Thanksgiving countdown

Yesterday the Little One asked, "How many more days til December?"

"Not many," I replied; "five."

"Y'ay we're going to Grandma's in December."

There's three more weeks until then," I told her.

Both the Little One and her sister can't wait to go to grandma's for Christmas.  And it isn't because they'll be missing a week of school, which they will.  Grandma didn't see a big deal in a 4th and 1st grader missing a week of school.  My oldest is excited because Grandma can talk Mom into anything.  Mom didn't think she had much say, since Grandma and Grandpa are paying for the plane tickets.  (They did try to get tickets later, but the nonstop flight was already booked up.)

Therefore on December 17th, the girls and I will be flying to Buffalo, NY for a three week visit.  The real reason the girls are excited... SNOW!  It will be the Little One's first white Christmas.  We didn't move to Phoenix until my oldest daughter was one.  She had a white Christmas for her first Christmas.  We have the pictures to prove it; even if she doesn't remember it.

So here in the Hosking household, the countdown to Grandma's has began.  The girls are excited.  Mom and Dad are dreading freezing our a#$* off.  I turned our heat on this morning.  The thermostat was reading below 70.  We've lived in AZ for 8 years, anything below 70 is chilly.

Comments

[Sam]

Oh am I jealous. Have fun making snowmen! I am hoping for more than an inch of rain for the month of December. If you get tired of the cold, feel free to send the chill to SoCal =)
Sam

[Veronica]

Kathy,

What a small world. Hamburg is where I grew up and I went to Frontier high school. The weather in AZ is so mundane, the cover whenever the Buffalo area gets snow on our local news. I'm always telling the girls, that's what's happening to your grandma and grandpa and cousins.

Why are we going into the middle of it this year?

Veronica

[Kathy Schlaeger]

My aunt and uncle live in Hamburg, New York which is just outside Buffalo, NY.

I usually report to my children about the big snowfalls there and they are always surprised to find that it takes a lot more snow to even slow down Buffalo.

Enjoy some pizza and chicken wings for me.

Have a great time.

Kathy

[Veronica]

Sue,

Thanks, and I cold weather and snow are for kids. Of course I had the foresight to keep my winter coat in storage, so I won't freeze too much (I'm hoping). But my mother considers a warm house at 68 and that's the temp that made me turn my heat on this morning.

Veronica

[Sue Donckels]

How exciting for your girls! I grew up in snowy Pennsylvania and, as a kid, I loved it. But as an adult in the snowy northwest, specifically Idaho, I didn't enjoy it one bit. Brrrr...After more moves, we relocated to New Mexico, and our heaters have been coming on like crazy! I'm with you--where's the heat? It's no longer 70-80, and I miss it. ;-)

Have a wonderful trip, and take lots of layers!