Snow!
We left the lake and came home from Bebe’s birthday party to beat the snow. We all napped, the girls upstairs, Ethan on the fold out bed (by the fireplace) and I on the couch (by the fireplace). Around 2pm the snow started, exactly when forecasted! We got out and played after naps.
The first of several hats for Daphne! She’s not a great hat-wearer, but when faced with “wear a hat or stay inside”, the choice was clear.
Amelia made a snow angel in the street…didn’t try it again today when we had 6+ inches of cold stuff!
She looked at this picture and said “I had to keep my eyes closed so the snow wouldn’t get in them!”
We watched two people sledding in the street with a headlamp last night- that was pretty neat. We woke up with a bunch of snow, so today we had a SNOW DAY!! Here’s Daphne sitting in the snow. She didn’t feel the cold as much as Amelia, but didn’t like sitting there too much either, honestly.
She much preferred to sit in the sled! And looks really cute in Amelia’s hat.
They loved being pulled around in the sled. Guess we need a bigger one next time (but it won’t be for a few years in Richmond?). There are a couple short sledding videos at the bottom of the post.
Amelia measured the snow “wherever someone didn’t step”. We got about 6 inches.
She also learned about yellow snow from the dogs and tried to bury it with her little shovel. It was hard work!
I love this one, too bad it is a little blurry! I pulled out my cross-country skis (see flikr pics, going to be sore tomorrow). Amelia got a ride while we trudged to our friends’ house.
They finished off the day with bowls of snow with maple and chocolate syrups (“just like at Grannie’s house”) in their playhouse.
Here they are warming up on the couch after playing yesterday. It’s an o.k. picture, I put it up because I love Daphne in that tall hat! She played peek-a-boo by pulling it down over her face a bunch of times. I’m not sure what Amelia is saying here. She wasn’t too happy at that point.
Best part about playing in the snow? The hot chocolate, of course!
Two small sledding videos, click on the words below:
“Cheese!”
“Wow!”