Wilhelmina's first snow escapade!

Last year, there was not much snow and Wilhelmina was a little too young for much adventure in the cold. This year, however, we received a winter surprise. An early snowstorm! And the best part about it was that the day after the snowstorm the temperature hit almost 50 degrees, making it the perfect weather for Wilhelmina's snowy escapade...

I have to admit the picture above was staged. One of my favorite winter pictures of Niamh is below. She was 3 (Wilhelmina is 2) and it was taken 4 years ago during the last winter at our old house. 

Stay tuned for more side by side pictures of Niamh and Wilhelmina. Some of them are hard to tell apart!

Snow days are fun and challenging!

There are a lot of teachers in my family. So I know all about the joy of the phone call from school saying school is off. Teachers and students rejoice. But what about parents?

Our power was out for a few hours in the morning (and therefore our heat), so we had to do a little cuddling together under the blankets...

But that didn't stop us from making a snowman (with a banana mouth!) and snow angels!

Thank you to Mom for going into work a little later and watching Wilhelmina so the rest of us could play in the snow outside. Even though Wilhelmina didn't get to enjoy the cold, she got to enjoy the hot chocolate!

Was I excited to get the snow day call? I think I was. Snow days are fun and challenging, but I wouldn't trade this challenge for the world!