It's Snowing!

And we couldn't be more pleased. In the 13 years we've lived here, this is the first time the snow has come so late in the year. Not that we are complaining.......it's just that snow before Christmas is so seasonal and fun. Baking cookies, sled riding, stomping around the snow in the backyard. Check back with us in February, when our attitudes will have become considerably less romantic. Because is there anything more depressing than a blizzard showing up to freeze all of the buds off the trees? I just say no to snow in May. Don't you?

Josie out braving the elements. That is her bike behind her, rusting away. We must have told her 47 times to put it in the garage. (Did you ever do this to your Barbie's legs?)

Heading off to goof around at the bus stop across the street. Remember my kids waiting for the bus dressed up for Halloween? Thank you, Mother Nature, for cooperating for a change.

The sun. It won the battle about an hour after the kids got picked up by the bus. No shoveling today!