Snow day!!

We woke up Monday morning to 4-6 inches of snow! This was certainly a surprise as the weather had been quite warm the week before. We were pretty sure that "winter" was over. Drew was so excited. He hasn't had a lot of experience with snow (that he can remember at least). Some of our favourite books lately are about snowmen, so he was just thrilled.

Snow doesn't usually last long here so we "bundled up" and headed outside. I'm a little embarrassed to let our Canadian family and friends to see how unprepared we are in terms winter clothing - we don't have snowpants or boots for the boys (Drew is wearing rubber boots from last summer), or even proper mittens. Luckily it wasn't too cold out and we made due with what we have. It was so fun to see Drew explore the snow - like someone who's only read about the ocean and then they see it and they're like "oh yah, that's what it's like". He just loved it.

The snow was perfect for making a snowman. While Ollie napped, Drew and I...well mostly I... made a snowman. Drew mostly ate snow (Drew is eating snow in at least half of the photos I took). At first I tried to stop him, telling him the same things my mother had told me about eating snow. Then I realized that those things hadn't stopped me as a child, so I gave up and instead taught him about the various colours of snow and which to avoid.

Ollie woke up later and joined us. He also liked the snow. It flew out in front of him as he crawled and he thought it was hilarious. It was fun. Now it is Wednesday and 17 C. No more snow.