It’s coming down good out there and the
whole state is under a winter weather warning (probably our
first of the season!). Alan went to work because we live so
close and he walks anyway. Lex and I just went outside to play.
All morning he’s been saying he wants to play in the snow, but
he refused to put on his snowpants. Silly boy. I ended up just
pinning him down and putting them on. He cried during, but
stopped immediately after and reached for his jacket. We were
outside for maybe half an hour, but the whole process killed
about an hour’s time :) Gotta love it — assuming you’re not in
a hurry! The snow is so deep he can’t walk without holding my
hand and even then it’s a lot of work. We walked up to the
neighbor’s house and played with the dogs and then I got out
the sled but by then he had so much snow on his jacket and
around his face that sitting in the sled wasn’t much fun for
him. He doesn’t quite understand the reasons for bundling just
yet. So I pulled him up and down the driveway and then he
decided it was time to come in. I even gave him a special treat
when we got in — warm chocolate milk in a sippy cup! I’m such
a good mommy! :)

PS. Happy
Valentine’s Day!