Baby, It’s Cold Outside: Snow in SoFla

Global warming doesn’t stand a chance, even in South Florida, when 20 kids go flaky over a February “blizzard” in the back yard.
Oh, I know there’s some history geek out there saying, “HEY, it hasn’t snowed in South Florida since the ’70s, and that was only a dusting.”
Well, the wag would be correct, only because he wasn’t at Jack’s fifth birthday party, when the Iceman Cometh, bearing even finer crystals, of snow.
The partiers, mostly 4- to 8-year-olds and many of whom never had seen snow, gathered like clouds over Kilimanjaro
as the Snowman backeth up his truck to unload his frosty mound. Their roars of delight could have rivaled a Super Bowl frenzy as he sliced open the enormous box, and their echoes no doubt helped jar loose the avalanche.


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Once the snow piled high, the youngsters’ reactions were as varied as snowflakes, and you know they say no two of the white crystals are the same.
Of course, Jack climbed atop the mountain and proclaimed: “I’m king of the world.” Obviously coached from “Titanic” obsessed adults, but what the heck. Besides, he was king for a day, at least, as his wish was to have a snow-themed party.
Other reactions ranged from avoidance to snow angels, and everything in between:
* The chuckers, who took globs of snow ranging from fist size to basketballs and tossed them at unsuspecting victims.
* The divers jumped in both feet first (how can you DO that, both feet first; seems like it should be one or the other).
* The players, like Jack’s little brother Luke, who retrieved a bucket and shovel from the sandbox and proceeded to build snow castles.
* The slippers and sliders, whose unfamiliarity with the phenom left them spread eagled as often as not.
* To a child, they didn’t realize how cold they’d get with snow caking in their sneakers and the cold sneaking through the gloves Melissa had provided each child.
Thus, the hot chocolate was a welcome comfort to them. I confess, I had thought that Mom was bonkers for planning so much hot chocolate, but the Sunshine State Snowkids went through JUGS of the stuff.
Not to mention the marshmallows around the fire pit. Amazing how a little snow can transform even Florida into Minnesota for a day.