Okay, first I will admit that I am not a cold weather person, but from the warmth of my house it was a pretty scene. It snowed again on Monday, and as you can imagine Robby and Jenna LOVED it!
We bundled each of them up as best we could. You know, coming from Arizona we had to improvise in a few ways.
Jenna didn't have any mittens, so we used socks with plastic sandwich bags rubber-banded over the top. Hey, they kept her hands dry and warm!
Olivia doesn't have any snow gear, so despite the fact that this picture makes it look like she is outside, she was just inside the doorway. And our other improvisation was using waterproof sport pants with pajama pants layered underneath for Robby. It works, right?!
Robby's first order of business was to begin constructing a snow fort in the corner of the yard. You know, to protect him from snowballs being lobbed at him by his sister.
They were both having a ball ... a snow ball that is! 
The final order of business was to construct a snow man for Jenna. It was her dream to construct a snow Mama, a snow Daddy, a snow Robby, a snow Jenna, and a snow Olivia, but they settled on one snow man (with no mouth since they couldn't get the raisins to stick to the snow.)
Sometimes I get a warm, fuzzy, "it's great to be a parent" feeling when I watch my kids have a blast doing something. I had that feeling today as they were enjoying our winter wonderland.
One other thing is snow in the yard has brought new meaning to a lot of the Christmas songs we sing. You know, "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow" and "Winter Wonderland" and others. I must admit that is fun, too!
So I guess a real winter isn't all bad.
Oh, and I did get Jenna a real pair of mittens, and both the kids snow bibs, so now they really won't freeze. I figure it's an investment since we will really need the stuff in Iowa!
(By the way, if you haven't posted a comment with your answer to the quiz in the next post you need to!)
7 comments:
I love looking at winter wonderlands, especially when my grandchildren are having fun playing in them!
Great improvisations, by the way. You're a good mom!
SO FUN! WOW, you guys are al white like we are...we are about 9 below last night, brrrr, I am not a cold weather person and am quite missing Arizona right now to be honest!
Pretty, pretty. Snow bib?
So jealous right now, but I'll only be jealous until I think about driving in the snow - not fun. But playing in it is awesome.
16 - that's my answer. I won't type out the ones I think are colder.
Wendy,
I didn't know what a snow bib was until this year. They are snow pants that look like overalls. You put them on, and then put your coat over the top. You can see one here.
THose are stylin'. Maybe I will live in TX forever.
Closeup of Jenna is precious. Molly was thrilled to see her in her old coat. I think now Jenna's wore it more than Molly ever did.
I'm jealous. We still haven't had "snowmen building" yet. We look forward to eenjoying the fun times soon. Plus, I love those special parenting moments too.
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