Snow Day '09

We had our first snow fall today with about 5 inches of the powdery stuff in Wendell. When we first went out Jackson didn't quite know what to think of it, but it didn't take him long to "warm" up to it. Not literally of course, it is very cold out there!! We had to play in shifts, since it didn't take him long to be soaked. In some places the snow came up to his knees, so he had a hard time walking through it. He would fall over, then just sit there and toss it around a little. And keeping his mittens on...impossible. First of all, they aren't very conducive to playing in the snow since they are knit and very thin, but they helped a little I guess.

Once Daddy came home this afternoon, we decided to go back our for Round 2. Our plan was to make a snow man, but Jackson didn't think that was such a good idea. As soon as Sean could get a mound packed together, Jackson would just come over and knock it down. Not to mention the snow was so powdery that just getting some packed together was a challenge in itself. Not to worry, we are in for a very cold night tonight, so maybe we'll try again tomorrow. We have to build a snow man, right!?!

All in all though, Jackson's first snow day was a lot of fun! He even learned a new word...snow! Actually, he can't quite get the 's', so it's more like 'no'. It's still really cute though! But anyway, now that we've had a little taste of this cold, wet white stuff....bring on SPRINGTIME!!

Here are a few pictures from our fun day in the snow...

Yes, the snow was up to his knees in a few places!

He was covered after I threw a couple of snowballs at him! Gotta get him started early!! And BTW, the mitten was only off for a couple of minutes...we came right in after this.