Winter Wonderland

Snow! It started snowing late in the night Wednesday and when we woke up Thursday morning, the entire ground was covered white. Much like the rest of the country, we've been experiencing unusually warm temperatures so far this winter. In fact, Wednesday afternoon, Jaxon and I were outside for several hours, in pants and short-sleeved t-shirts, raking leaves. The next day, snow! Ah, the midwest. The kids were so excited about the snow, so we bundled up and headed out to play for a few minutes. I hadn't bought snow boots or water-resistant gloves for Dakota yet, so Thursday afternoon was a bit of a bust. Jaxon had a blast shoveling snow (from the grass onto the sidewalks, but whatever), while Dakota kept falling down and crying until I'd come pick her up. Oh and did I mention her snow pants were huge and she kept stepping on them and tripping? What a mess! Jax and I were prepared to shovel the driveway and sidewalks as best we could, but when we came out, we discovered that our next door neighbor, Pete, had already taken care of it. We are so blessed! Jax was a little disappointed (I was not) because that was his favorite part of being out in the snow with Daddy last year, but we found plenty of areas to shovel around the house.

Friday morning Jaxon woke up begging to go back out in the snow. So, we first headed to Wal-Mart for boots and gloves for Dakota. It started out a little rough, I think she already had some fear of the cold white stuff Jax and I were rolling in and throwing at each other. It took some time, but after awhile she figured out that mom had her bundled up good and she was not going to get any of that cold snow on her skin. We made snow angels, rolled through the yard, played on the swingset, attempted a snowman, shoveled the drive (again) and rode the sled down the hill in our backyard several times.


Shoveling snow from the yard onto the freshly snow-blown sidewalk. Oh how I love that boy!




Whee!! Dakota did not want sledding to end.




Here they come, about to tip! Kota loved eating the snow as it was falling from the sky.




Poor girl, she looked adorable, but she really couldn't move much in this marshmallow-like getup. I know she was warm and dry though, and that's all I cared about!