All About Reindeer
My daughters are very excited for Santa and his reindeer to visit our house tonight. We’ll be leaving out snacks for him and his reindeer. Last year they spent weeks asking if reindeer are real. Since then they’ve learned that reindeer are real, but only Santa’s reindeer can fly. Last year I let my daughter […]
Tracking Santa and Programming With Santa
My kids are home from school today as this is the first day of their winter vacation. The level of anticipation for Santa’s arrival is quite high (my kids are five and six). One of the things they may do today is track Santa and play some Santa-themed games on Google’s Santa Tracker website. One […]
White Christmas Probability Map
My daughters are excited about Christmas being just nine days away. They were also a little sad that all of the snow melted over the weekend. Fortunately, the odds are in our favor that we will have snow on the ground again before Christmas. I know that from experience and from consulting NOAA’s Probability of […]
Merry Christmas!
Tomorrow is Christmas! There won’t be any new blog posts tomorrow. I’ll be playing with daughters and their new toys. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it!
Track Santa and Learn About Christmas Traditions Around the World
If your family celebrates Christmas and you’re looking for a nice activity to do with young kids at home, take a look Google’s annual Santa Tracker website. The site lets kids see when and where Santa is traveling from his home at the North Pole. The Santa Tracker site shows you where Santa is in […]