Snowing

We finally have our first snowfall of the season. Today is day three of the on and off snowfall. The snow is falling so slowly that our accumulation so far has been maybe four inches. The kids were really excited. We spent about two hours outside on Thursday and another hour yesterday. I became cold yesterday and wanted to come inside. Nyla wanted to come with me and Bohdin didn't want to be by himself. He could have happily stayed out another hour if I had. The snow was way too dry to make snowballs or snowmen so Bohdin has been making piles, trails, snow angels, and cleaning the driveway and my car. We forgot to buy a snow shovel so we used a broom the best we could. Buddy had to drive my car to work yesterday so even though the roads were clear enough to drive to the store we had no way to get there. Buddy may need a new battery for his truck. Both of our cars must be in shock. This is the coldest weather they've encountered in over two years. The picture above is from our front yard. Bohdin is about on our property line. The neighborhood looks so pretty with the trees and the snow. We picked this neighborhood because it was older and more established. The picture below is in our backyard. It looks like there are small kids who live next door but we've never anybody there.







Bohdin and Nyla have been playing trains a lot recently. In the past few weeks Nyla has learned all of the names of the trains. Bohdin has five Thomases and he wanted to get rid of some of them because he had too many. They were in the donate bag but I never managed to get it to the thrift store. That turned out to be a good thing because now we don't seem to have enough. One has a funny face, another has decoration, and one has a lot of wear and tear. That leaves two Thomases that must be accounted for at all times. That's not so easy in this big house. We have had a lot of tears over this. Nyla will misplace her train so she takes Bohdin's train. He gets mad. He has switched to other engines which is great since it makes everybody's life easier.