After school, the nieces played with some friends in the schoolyard.

The threw snowballs (one of them is really terrible at throwing balls, to the point where even I could give some advice, but I didn't. I like being better than a small child at this. Finally.) and built a snowman. Upon going home, Evangeline noticed the clouds over the water were yellowish, and said something both evocative and highly memorable: "Hey! Those clouds look like a pile of dog pee, don't they?"

I think I'll never forget that she said that.