Come Out, Come Out, Where Ever You Are!

   The setting was perfect!
   The predicted snow had fallen.
   The Schools were closed and the buses sat,
empty, waiting for a better.....a safer day....to
travel.
    Penn Dot plows were making the rounds
clearing the one to four inches that caused
all the morning cancellations.
    And individual home owners were busy
with apparatus ranging from shovels to
snow blowers trying to clean their sidewalks
and drive ways.
     But, once again, there was something
missing! It was the kids!
      My search through one neighborhood
turned up exactly one snowman, a modified
"snow fort", and an abandoned, or at least
temporarily forgotten tricycle, left out in
a yard to collect the snow that fell.
      I know I've harped about this before
(during the last snow fall) but what ever
happened to playing outside in the snow?
      Last time I checked Walmart was filled
with toys specifically designed to be used in
the snow. You know...sleds, saucers, forms
to make "snow bricks." not to mention things
like skis and ice skates. Is no one buying?
     There's been a lot of talk lately about
violent video games and how bad they are
for the kids. Maybe it's just me but I think
it would do most kids a world of good if
they'd trade the video machine guns for
a good healthy snow ball fight!
    Talk about realism!
    Hope your kids know how to make a
snowman and that all your NEWS is good!