Snow....FINALLY!!

We finally got enough snow to get out & play in it today. I say "finally" because every time it's snowed in the past few weeks, I've had to endure a thousand requests to get out our snowman kit & build a snowman. We still didn't get to do that today because it wasn't sticky enough, but they were appeased by getting out in the wet stuff.

Now, those of you who know my second son know that he HATES the cold. I thought he'd do better this year because he's been right there with William begging to be able to build a snowman. But, no dice. As we were putting on all of our snow gear, he started his mantra, "Mommy, I don't like the winter" with a definite whiny pout to his tone. I was having visions of spending 15 minutes getting him dressed to go out in it, only to spend 15 more getting him out of his snow gear. I made sure to point out that he was covered all up--gloves AND mittens on his hands; a hat AND a hood on his head; a shirt, snowsuit, AND sweatshirt on him; snow boots, etc, etc, etc. I made the mistake of saying that the only thing that could get cold was his nose! Well, he then spent the first 15 minutes we were outside whining that his nose was TOO cold & he needed to go back inside!! Oh, that child of mine.

In contrast, William can be dunked under a snowdrift & come up laughing with snow stuck in his eyelashes & eyebrows! We battle because he eats the stuff!! Oh, how different they can be. Here is a quick video of them flying down the slide in the snow today & then a bunch of pictures of them having a ball. Even Daniel had a blast once he got used to it!

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I don't think I could get more clothes on him if his life depended on it! This one is before his nose got cold ;-)

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I had to call this one back to take a picture! And, he doesn't look too thrilled about it, either.

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Sitting in our failed snowman pile:

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The geese, honking loudly as they landed on the pond behind our neighborhood:

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Helping Daddy shovel the walk:

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Snowangel!!

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And, Mr. Redcheeks while he waited on his hot chocolate:

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We're supposed to get a bit more tonight. Here's to hoping we can have some more outside time tomorrow. I think we ALL need it!