Let it Snow

For most people around the country winter means snow, so why not in Santa Barbara? All my life I have dreamed of it snowing here, all the way down to the beach. Thanks to global warming we have gotten closer to it over the past few years, but still no snow. For my kids, winter means foggy mornings (well, technically they get that all year), rainy days, and an average of 65 on most days. So, when they tell me they yearn for snow I sympathize with them and do what any other loving and creative mother would do, I head to the craft store and buy some sort of toxic artificial snow in a jar hoping for a suitable substitute. While it is not even close to the "powder" they have on the mountains, I thought it would still be fun. We put on our scientist caps and added water to watch the snow grow, and after about 2 minutes the fun was over and mommy got to clean up the mess. Note to self, there is no substitute for real snow. Next time we will just go get icee's at 7-11 and call it a day.