Snowy Days

The weather has been pretty crazy around here.  It has been dark and dreary and cold but thanks to my multivitamin and Vitamin D supplement I started taking I have been feeling much better.  Much less depressed and much more myself.  Whew! 

My mood change could not have come at a better time.  Yesterday we got dumped on.  Six inches of fluffy snow fell and the boys could hardly wait to get out and play in it.  As soon as Joey got home from school I bundled all the boys up and stuffed them outside.  Gracie watched through the patio doors at the boys laughing and having fun as they shoveled off the back patio.  I glanced at the thermometer and saw that it was almost 30 degrees outside, warmer than it had been in weeks.  I knew that now was as good a time as any to give Gracie her first chance to play in the snow. 

"Gracie, do you want to go outside and play with the boys?" I asked her.

"EEEEEeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!"  Gracie responded.  I took that as a yes.

I bundled Grace up and headed outside.   

The snow was still falling in big, fat, fluffy flakes and I wasn't sure how Grace would handle the cold.  I remembered back to the boys' first times in the snow and it wasn't the greatest experience. 

Grace, however, was a different story.  She ran right into the snow, sat down and made herself at home.  She even laughed when she tumbled over and got a faceful of snow.

The boys took turns pulling each other around on the sled and, of course, Grace had a blast.  Then I took over.  I zoomed the kids across the yard as fast as I could, jumping and falling through the deep snow.  I kind of felt like Rocky training in Russia for a big fight.  It was a workout!  But the kids' screams and laughter kept me going again and again.

 It really wore me out.  I was pooped.

It was getting dark and Grace was still going strong.  I thought she would only make it 10 or 15 minutes in the cold but she had been outside for over an hour.  I decided to put her to work to see if I could wear her out.  It didn't work.  The girl loves to shovel.  

Finally, I had decided she had been out long enough.  I dragged my little snowlady into the house (though she was not happy about it) and plopped her down in front of the fireplace to thaw.  Soon all my little snowmen tumbled into the house to warm up as well.

The weatherman is predicting yet another snowstorm in a few days, and I must say, I'm looking forward to it.