Snow Play

We haven't had many snow days this year and the ones that we have had have fallen on weekdays.  Weekday snow doesn't leave us very many opportunities to play outside.  With both Brian and me working and Kate at school during the day, by the time we get home and get settled it is nearly dark.  Today, however, was a different story!  We awoke to just over an inch of freshly fallen snow, with flakes still a-falling, and since we were dying to test out our new snowsuit and snow boots (thank you, GG & Papa!), we decided to take a walk in the snow right after breakfast!  We walked all the way to the park because that is Kate's favorite thing to do, of course, and spent our Sunday morning playing in the snow!

Walking to the park!  And by walking, I mean I
was walking...Kate more or less walked 10% of the time
and requested that I carry her the rest of the time!

We've got the whole park to ourselves!

Testing the jungle gym.

It was really slippery.

And Kate couldn't quite figure out how to maneuver
herself through the tunnel in her snowsuit without slipping,
so she she came back down the steps to me!

I heart this.

Swings are always a Kate favorite!

She loved swinging the snow!

 

Catching some snowflakes!

She also loved pretending to knock me down into the
snow while she was in her swing!  And I love heraing my Baby
laugh, so I will do nearly anything!  She thought it was
the funniest thing ever and talked about it when we got home!

Of course no snow day is complete without the hot
chocolate and marshmallow warm up when you get home!

Did I mention we were both so excited to walk in the snow that we put our snowsuits on right over our pajamas!?  Yes, we did, and it warm and cozy and so easy when we got back home!