Man, I am sorry to be falling back on photo posts so much, but NaBloPoMo is definitely a challenge to my time budget around here! For me, photo posts are so much easier and faster than actually thinking up and writing out "real" content. I enjoy doing those more informational or meaningful posts — they are much more satisfying than slapping up some photos — but alas. I want to spend time with my husband, too, enjoying our first ever real fire in the fireplace, in more than 2.5 years of living here!!! Woo hoo! (All the toys had to be dragged out of the fireplace first, ha ha).
Onward. Today we got a lot more snow, our first real snowstorm the girls can remember — our last one was two winters ago, when Emma was 2.5 and E & D were 6 months. Emma was alternately thrilled and frustrated at the unpredictability snow creates — while she LOVED that we finally had snow on the ground and "winter is here!", she did not love that her dance class was cancelled, as was her school conference, literally minutes before we were to leave. However, it was beautiful and festive all day long, and the girls kept wandering over to windows, staring out, for long periods of time. Much more interesting than our usual rainfall!
I was overwhelmed at times with the sheer amount of dressing, gear managing and negotiations it took to get two toddlers and a preschooler out into the snow, and back in, and out again at various points during the day. I assume you work out the kinks if you live with this kind of weather long enough — like which clothes fits who, how to put mittens on toddlers (and keep them on!), getting enough snow boots so someone doesn’t have to cram a snowsuit into rain boots, etc, and instilling in them the fact that they can’t drag out and play with wet muddy snow boots in the living room. Ah well.
So here you go, more photos! None of these are great, due to poor lighting and swiftly moving kids. But you get the idea….
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……..au contraire, Kristin, there is no such thing as a bad pic in this whole lot…..when you have such sweet and colorful subjects!! Love that carrot nose pic.