About a month or so ago, Columbia was blessed with a snowfall. How much snow you ask? About 12 flakes - but enough to close local schools, daycare facilities, and after-school activities. It started early in the morning, and continued throughout the day - but didn't stick - except for the light dusting that occurred early on.
No matter, this was the kids first experience with snow (real snow, not the foam they blow out of the machines at the Zoo during Lights Before Christmas) and not imaginary snow like they saw in the Frosty and Rudolph movies they watched during the Christmas season.
So, we bundled them up (after searching long and hard for hats and mittens that are rarely needed here in the South) and took them out to experience the snow.
D scraped up every bit of snow from the bench in the backyard so that he and A could make a snowman. See below:
A - so proud of her little miniature "frosty."
J taking his first bite of freshly fallen snow.
A - also tasting her first bite of snow.
It was a fun snow day - even if it was a bit asinine to stay home when no snow actually stuck to the roads... I can't wait until I can take the kids to see REAL snow - the kind you can lay down in and make snow angels, that we can collect in bowls to make snow cream, have snowball fights with, and build life-size snowmen...
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