Snow

So much like most of mid-atlantic/north-eastern region, we got a good bit of snow from Friday night to Saturday morning. In all we got somewhere north of four inches. Since the kids got snowsuits for their birthday, this snow seemed like a good opportunity to test them out. We were pretty excited because this was going to be their first real experience with any appreciable amount of snow (though our friend Al thought that we should take them out to play in the snow last year).

After lunch we all snow-suited-up and got ready to go check out the snow. As we were getting ready to go out, Uncle Al called and said that he needed to drop off something for me to take into work. I told him that we were headed out, so we could meet him outside and he wouldn't have to pull into our unshoveled driveway. Well, he got here before we were ready (but just by a little bit). Anyway, much to our surprise he brought C & G a present: a new sled!



That Uncle Al is always so thoughtful! He had called even earlier in the day, and I mentioned that we were going to play in the snow. I said that we didn't have a sled and since we had no plans to go to the store that day, we were going to use a laundry basket as a sled. Evidently, this didn't sit well with Uncle Al, who with his penchant for dollar store deals proceeded to buy one while he was out. It was greatly appreciated!



Though we did have some mishaps...

A good time was definitely had:

And to top it all off, the kids got to meet Santa (I know him!) when he and Mrs. Claus came by on their fire truck: