Winter 2012

If anyone knows me, they know I'm not a winter person, not a snow person and not a cold person. Therefore - I really dislike Winter. Poor Jacob loves winter and Claire is learning to love it, thanks to Jacob, but I just can't bring myself to "love" it. I can tolerate it if I must! 

So.....

on one of the first snow falls of the year we suited Claire up and took her out for a jaunt in the snow. 

She LOVED it! 

Till she realized she couldn't walk in it and that her hands were freezing and then she wasn't sure she quite loved it anymore. 

Once we brought out the sled it got a little more exciting, but she didn't want to ride the sled - she only wanted to pull it. But again, her hands were freezing because her awesome mom hadn't bought gloves for her yet! 

So we spent the next little while watching her walk around the yard pulling the sled. 

Jacob finally convinced her to get on the sled, but apparently that isn't near as fun as pulling it, so she only lasted a few minutes. 

After a small fit, she hopped off the sled and strolled around stomping in puddles and just being a cute 2 year old. 

Love this picture... Looks like such an intense conversation between the 2. Or at least dad trying to tell Claire something super important. 

So, I think if I can get her some gloves, not make her ride in the sled and teach her how to walk in the snow we may have a snow bunny on our hands. 

Jacob's whole family loves the snow. So when we had them all over to our house they decided to all get suited up and play night games out in the snow with hope that a snow ball fight would break out. Funny to see a bunch of adults get this excited about snow. :) Luckily I was super prego and Claire was asleep so I stayed in the house while they all tromped around in the snow. 

I'm learning to love the snow more; deciding that the key is being warm. Nothing is worse than being cold. If it's gonna be cold there may as well be snow - so I hope this winter is full of snow, until February, then I'm ready for Spring!