snow days and laughter

I seem to have missed all news coverage surrounding the arrival of snow in the UK therefore I wonder if the usual panic has arisen?

Personally I love the snow. I get a sense of excitement and adventure watching those first few flakes fall always anticipating a heavy covering and hopeful that it will lie and not turn to immediate slush.

This time it has not been exactly a quilt covering of snow but at least we have slightly more than a veil. My solution to the fact there is not enough to make a snowman? Lets go to the zoo. Yes - the zoo.

Edinburgh zoo has a daily penguin parade and what could be more fun than taking my girls to see this in the snow and what a perfect day to do so: end of term, half day of school, pack up a picnic to eat in the for the journey to Edinburgh and we are all set. Plenty of layers to keep us warm and it promises to be a great afternoon.


penguin cam

Lets face it I'm excitable enough about snow, but in the week before Christmas, what is better at bringing home the spirit of the season than a wee bit of the white stuff? Scottish winters are not so bad after all!


Part two


Okay so confession time.  We missed the penguin parade after going all that way we spent too long playing in the snow and then went for lunch.  Sitting in the Macmillan room we realised it was over.  We did go to see the penguins though and although we didn't make the parade this time we have seen it many times before.


My girls had a great time picking on my friend by covering him with snow, as the photo shows they made a good job of it too.