Snow Angel

We had our first snowfall of the season today. Kids didn't go to school so there was plenty of activity outside our door before 9 a.m. Jilly jumped into the action by making snow angles along the sidewalk up and down our street. She seemed to have had a great time for a couple of hours until she finally got a little too cold and needed a bit of hot chocolate to get back on track. The morning ended with a couple of kids in the house with hot cocoa warming their hands and the Grinch on TV. It was a great morning, in spite of not being able to accomplish a thing on my "to do" list.

Snow Days

The first snow of the season fell on my birthday, Dec. 5. However, nothing stuck in our part of town. Everyone around us got some white fluffy stuff to play in except for us. The second snow came tumbling down when we went to Tennessee just before Christmas. There was plenty when we returned, but not seeing it fall is sort of like getting cash as a gift - it's great, you can do a ton with it, but it's not the same as the anticipation that builds when you unwrap a pretty box.

Well, I FINALLY got to see snow fall and stick this weekend and it came back today. Jilly loves the stuff and it has been a bit difficult keeping her in the house. We went out this afternoon, after her nap, because a lot of neighbor kids were in the courtyard (essentially our backyard) building snowmen and a fort. We were out for more than an hour. Not even the promise of hot cocoa could lure her back into the house. I swore that she could go back out in the morning and I am sure that we'll make another run in the afternoon.

It's beautiful and I love looking at it and playing in it, but I am SO ready for summer and afternoons spent at the pool.