Its beginning

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Earlier this week, we got our second large snowfall of the year and the schools got their first snow day :). I like the idea of snow on Thanksgiving. It makes everything seem so cozy and I actually think I prefer the snow to the rain, although the rain hasn't bothered me too much either. The first time it snowed we got about 7 inches or so. Too bad we hadn't dug out winter gear out of our storage so Sydney didn't get to play in it. I felt kind of bad because she was really excited and then within a day it started raining again and melted it all. I made sure that we got our stuff at the following weekend so we could be prepared. This time we got about a foot and a half. Sydney and I headed out one morning to play but it was so deep Sydney couldn't walk and kept falling over. I dug her a hole in it so she could sit down and play and made a circle path for her to run around. She enjoyed digging in it with a shovel and eating all the snowballs she could make. We were both exhausted however after she decided to run around because she fell down every few feet and I'd have to help her get back up out of the deep powder! Bending doesn't suit me so well right now ;). When Andy came home, he helped her make a little snowman to put on our porch since I couldn't help her with that either; she enjoys walking in her boots through snow every where we go. I'm excited to take her sledding some weekend when we have time since Andy is always at work when its daylight during the week and get to enjoy the snow until... about April I hear! Happy Winter :D