Let it Snow!

It snowed a bit here...

some sources say 12", others say 19"...

Regardless, it makes it seem much brighter out there and we are spending much more time playing outside catching happy rays and having fun.

The baby stepped out in the snow for his first time yesterday and just sort of stood there. Not that he could move much if wanted to, with snow up to his knees and bundled up like an astronaut. He did enjoy sitting in the wagon and being pulled (good exercise, I tell ya) and actually screamed and banged on the window when I brought his cold body back inside.

Today we have even more snow. All school is cancelled (which means homeschool for everyone - though they hardly know it since it's so much fun learning at home), and also a morning spent outside. No wagon pulling today - it's way too deep. But Baby pulled his own and really trudged through the snow in order to climb steep hills, daringly slide down on his own and even throw snowballs at his siblings! Little E, who HATES snow and cold with a passion dug a deep hole, is collecting "boulders" and could hardly be pulled away from his collection when tempted with donuts and hot chocolate to come inside. We've had a few cases of frost bite... but it's curable! Slapping his mitten on the snowback and creating "mitten" prints. He can't get enough of the snow! The "hole" with the "boulder collection" at the top of a snowbank!