Snow! Snow!

Big excitement around here today as the first major snowfall laid a thick, wet, white covering over everything. Max and Talia had had snow explained to them and they had been reading about it in books such as Stella, Queen of the Snow, but today they finally got to see it. Right after breakfast, I dressed them in their oversized snowsuits and took them out.

The snow was perfect for packing, and I found I could roll a big ball without a bit of effort, just like in the cartoons. In my childhood, I rarely encountered snow like this, but then, I grew up in Winnipeg, and it was usually too cold for snow to be sticky. We had to make a snowman.

We named him Roger. He was a big hit with the kids, and hopefully we can keep him around for a while.