First Snow

This was our first ever snow experience with the kids.  We were unprepared for just how cold it was out there, but they still had a blast for a good hour regardless.  Things started out wonderful.  They were really all troopers, despite the freezing temperatures.  All of them loved sledding down the hill, which was so fun to watch.  I loved seeing them all bundled up and chubby looking with their rosy cheeks smooshed between the sides of their hoods.  My normally independent-spirited little Bella seemed so sweet and helpless as she struggled to trudge through without sinking to her thighs into the snow with every step.  Gabe loved every minute of climbing the hills, attempting to make snow balls with his huge mittens, and sledding down at neck-break speeds.  Since snow hills aren’t exactly handicapped accessible, Ari got a ride in the sled wherever we went.  She was all smiles the whole time.  The only time the girls began to feel a little less enthused was when they started to remove their clothing.  After Bella took off her mitten, she stuck her hand into the snow, pulled it out wet and then at next glance, it was as though she was wearing an icicle glove.  I stuck her hand in my mouth as I carried her the whole way back to the car, where we hung out until the other three met a similar end. 

Jake was desperate to get the kids on video with a special message to Grammy & Papa for their 40th wedding anniversary.  His timing was a little off, but it is the thought that counts.