Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts

Monday 29 October 2012

Hurricane Sandy, Passing The Down Time


As hurricane Sandy travels across the east coastline many are bored at home or in a shelter, waiting out the storm. Most homes are out of electricity making it difficult to play an electronic game, to get online or watch TV.

The best fun things to do is play a board game, sing, hop scotch in a garage or any spacious area inside a protected building. With much down time allows the children to become bored and restless. So make it fun by entertaining them with many different fun things.

Always keep a flashlight, radio and extra batteries for operating. Water, snacks, pillows, blanket, sheet and many other important and necessary things to ride out the storm.

For the most part during a hurricane storm it can be boring being in one place for quite sometime, but with all the necessary essentials it's possible to make it fun for all involved.

Wednesday 4 January 2012

Father and Son Bonding Today

By Sanford Hall



Today is a wonderful day weather wise, it's approximately 75* and I will take this opportunity to build a fence around my garden along with the help of my twelve year old son. This is our way of bonding today. Not that we do not bond often, but it's a day for us to learn and do something together as father and son.

The pumpkins, beans and cantaloupes are about to start blooming and to keep the animals out we have to build a fence. This shouldn't take very long since it's almost completed, but needs some finishing touch. While my son is out of school we take the opportunity to complete this project while the weather is ideal. I will take this time to teach my son how to plumb a fence, read a tape or cut a piece of wood. These maybe simple things to many but to a twelve year old it's a wonderful experience coming from his dad. Once we are done we will go out and have a pizza and ice ream together.

Simple things which means so much to a child or young son. Hope this is something he will appreciate and someday do the same with his son. As a kid I recalled doing wood work with my dad and I loved it, it left a lasting impression on me. The time has now come for me to bond with my son and I will enjoy every moment of it on this day.