Snow Day!

They say we have 12-18 inches already, and it's still snowing (although it looks pretty light right now). It was 32 degrees when we got up this morning, and the temperature is supposed to plummet today. I thought we could go play in the snow for a bit before it got too cold, but there's a really a biting wind. We only stayed out for a few minutes, long enough to see that there's no way we're getting out of our parking lot until it's plowed. Then Casey wanted to go back inside, and we had some cocoa. Chris is working from home, so we're all safe and warm. And it looks like the snow will stop today, and then there will be a couple days of decent weather for the state to clean up before we have to fly out on Saturday.





Darby was a little better sport about being outside today. That kid's up for anything.

First Snow of the Season

It started snowing up a storm this afternoon, and Casey watched in awe through our balcony door, waiting impatiently for Darby to wake up from his nap so we could all go out. He's young enough that snow still seems new and interesting each year.



I think this counts as Darby's first official snow, since last year he was still too new to notice. I remember that Casey kind of freaked out the very first time I took him out in the snow, when he was about this age. But Darby took it in stride and was quite happy. He loves to be outside, and he's a good sport in general.



Look, snow sticks to mittens. Amazing!



This is a pretty slippery sidewalk to be trying this maneuver (that is, standing). But no children were injured in the making of this photo.



Or this one, for that matter.