Snow day

 Snow day

January 20, 2009

Last night, the weather forecast predicted a few inches of snow but I wasn’t going to believe it until I saw it with my own eyes. This morning I woke up to a winter wonderland.

My first thought was Bre is going to see REAL snow for the first time! She has seen plenty of snow on TV and done various types of winter-related artwork at school (and she is especially fond of snowmen and snowflakes), but she had never seen the real deal … until today.

When I walked into her room this morning she was already awake. As expected, she said Hi Daddy! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! (this has become her standard morning greeting, even though it’s January 20th — how cute is that?!?) Eva and I opened the window blinds and said Look Bre, it’s SNOWING outside! Look at all the snowflakes! It’s WINTER outside! She looked outside and gasped, then said I see a SNOWMAN! (although there was no snowman out there, except in her imagination).

We took her outside and let her stomp around in the snow while we captured the moment on our Sony HandyCam. This will definitely be a morning to remember. She had fun chasing me around. We only had probably 4 or 5 inches of snow but it seemed like it was up to her knees when she was hopping around in the snow-covered grass.

Then she fell forward and got snow all over her and realized that snow is REALLY COLD. She started crying and we brought her inside. We warmed her up, watched the presidential inauguration and put her down for a nap. What a morning! I sure am glad my office was closed today due to the weather — otherwise I would have missed all the fun!

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