First Big Snow

The first weekend in December we got our first big snowfall. It was the beautiful, packable snow that is really fun to play in. I knew I had to get the boys out to play because it will likely be too cold to play in the snow again. That's the miserable thing around here--with negative temps the snow just ices over and stays until it finally melts in March.

Dillon was on cloud nine. He kept saying "Winter is my favorite season!"

(Apparently he doesn't remember those negative temps--he will this next week!)

And Wesley had fun for the first 20 -30 minutes. He really liked eating the snow and trying on different hats. Then he face planted in the snow and started getting cold. He wouldn't keep his gloves on either, so eventually I put him inside and let him watch a show so Dillon and I could build a snowman. It was a pretty little guy, but considering my time allowance and energy level I'm happy he even looks like a snowman at all. It really was great packing snow and I kept wishing Aaron would have been around 'cause I know he would have had fun making a masterpiece.

I had totally forgotten arms for our little snowman. But my awesome Dill found the perfect little twigs and did the job.

Hopefully we'll get another "warm snow" this season so the boys can play again. For now, we're headed into the freezing temps. The high next Monday is supposed to be 8 degrees! That means with humidity and windchill we'll likely stay in the negative numbers! Winter is officially here.