Last week, I was glad for it to be snowing in Texas and NOT here. Well, that situation lasted all of about 2 days! We got a bit of snow on Saturday, and then about 5 or 6 inches today. Actually, I was secretly hoping that winter in New England would only last for the three weeks in January that our family will be in Texas, but I sorta knew that dream would not come true.

It is fun to see the first big snow, though – and a white Christmas is even better!
(But after that my winter & snow quota is satisfied.)

The kids absolutely love the snow, and Kayla came bounding into our room early this morning, opened our blinds and excitedly relayed the news of the abundant amount. We thought there would only be a couple of inches, but there was much more than that and when we turned on the news, we discovered that all of the local schools, and some businesses and organizations were even closing for the day.

Kayla was out in it by about 7:30am and Cooper joined her soon after. They went straight to the trampoline and jumped on the layer of accumulation there. Previously, they had been wondering if the trampoline would freeze and if any jumping would cause it to shatter. Today they discovered that it still worked normally. (Though I’m not so sure it’s good for the trampoline or very safe for children!!??)

And here’s Buddy, who has always been fascinated with sledding. He looks as if he’s waiting his turn, as that is the spot where the kids start off on their sleds to ride the slight incline to the back of our yard. One year, we actually caught him with his front paws on a sled heading right down the same incline that the kids use.

And speaking of sleds, we ended up getting out the ones we were hiding as Christmas gifts so that everyone would have a whole working one. (Our collection has been made up of flimsy tag sale ones or jagged, half-eaten-by-Buddy-ones, who is an adult dog, but still has many puppy tendencies.) Fortunately, I was able to get some last week before they were all gone! EVERY year I put off (denial, probably) buying new snow gear, and by Christmas the store shelves are completely wiped out.

I was even one of about 3 people in Target this morning buying the last pairs of snow pants for Coop and Kayla, whose old pants made them look like they were going fishing, not sledding!

And now I’m off to make hot chocolate – had to buy that at Target, too. I live with 3 hot chocolate freaks, but I’m holding out for a 3pm coffee rendezvous with the hubby!