Holden’s “firsts” from yesterday, February 24, 2010:

1. First snow day. Defining “snow day” here as “cancel your usual plans! because school is closed!”
2. First snow creature. During the snow day’s afternoon shift, A. and The Boy made a “Snow Wallaby”.
3. First complete sentence. You know, a complete sentence—a sentence with a subject and a verb, maybe even a direct object.  In this case, The Boy’s First Complete Sentence was:  “Owls eat mice.”