First Snow Fall

After church today, Evie and I headed to the store for a few groceries and to pick up some Tim Bits.  The temp had started out in the mid-low 40s, but in the hour we had been at mass, icy winds and rainfall made it feel frigid outside.  As we drove, a few flakes started to fall.  While not much at first, the cold gusts of wind quickly turned the icy rain to all out snow.  As we ran in the store, Evie attempted to catch a few flakes on her tongue.  "Come on Mama!  Try it!" she exclaimed, but I was much more interested in getting inside as I had forgotten my coat.
We knew it would happen, but after such a mild winter so far, we were unprepared.  Such is our life these days.  We don't have snow suits for the kids or proper gloves or boots.  Looks like a trip to the store is in order.  After breakfast, I bundled the kids in coats and hats.  Evie squished her feet into last years snow boats.  I told her that they were probably too small, but she deemed them 'perfect' and that was that. Mitch wore two pairs of socks and rain boots on his feet.  Trying to find his mittens was a lost cause so he also sported two pairs of socks on his hands.  Once we were finally ready, out we went.  And you know what - neither kid cared what they had on because they were having too much fun.  This was really Mitchell's first experience with snow.  It was awesome to see his eyes lights up and his cheeky grin as he threw snow at me.  Evie threw herself on the ground with abandon, making dozens of snow angels all over the yard.  We marched around making footprints and caught snowflakes in our mouths.  Evie attempted a small snowman...Mitch demolished it.  Before long, their noses were red and their cheeks rosy, and we decided to go inside for some hot cocoa.  Such small things make for such happy memories.

Yoga in the snow

How many footprints can you make?