It's Groundhog Day!

"As I look around me, a bright sky I see, and a shadow beside me. Six more weeks of winter it will be!" -- Punxsutawney Phil, 2/2/2008

Today, the buddies enjoyed a day long celebration of Groundhog Day. What better way to learn about shadows, hibernation, furry little buck- toothed animals, and a goofy weather predicting tradition, dating back over 120 years.

Ace and Ben began their day coloring their own groundhog pictures, while I explained in the simplest of terms the animal, the shadow, and the 6-weeks for winter that would follow if he saw it this morning. Later, we went outside to see if we could find our own shadows. As luck would have it (with the good luck being for my little lesson plan, not the eminent weather forecast) we found them! The buddies loved watching their shadows move when they moved, dance when they danced, shake when they shook, and so on. We drew chalk shadows in the driveway and watched our shadows dance some more. Later, we made groundhog cupcakes and delivered them to our favorite little neighbors.

And now that the buddies are fast asleep, no doubt dreaming of woodchucks and their shadows, Steve and I are going to have a "date night" and watch one of our favorite movies, Groundhog Day, of course!