When the weather is stupid cold for several days, the best course of action is to just go with it. After days of frozen pipes and heat repair, you figure it out with space heaters and stoked fireplaces. So you've earned some fun - invite your friends over for "ice skating," a bonfire, homemade soups, and adult beverages. If we're lucky, the weather is wicked enough each winter to enjoy at least one true snow day-playdate in the 'hood.
In years past, we would worry about the kids making bad decisions by staying outside too long or walking too far out on the ice. Now, it's the grown-up kids (read: Dads) that we worry about. At one point, I see my husband driving the golf cart on the pond** and, instead of playing devil's advocate, his friend takes pictures and videos of the shenanigans. The upside is it gives us the courage to enjoy walking on the pond with a little more confidence.Inside, we fill our bellies with homemade soups, a wicked chocolate cake, and avoid the one cocktail fail of the day. With the amount of wood on this bonfire, it is sure to burn all through the night. Today was a good day.
The camaraderie warms my heart more than the fire.
** Don't freak out Mimi - it's only about a foot deep where he did this!
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