Snow

Sunday morning we had frost


And Monday night it snowed! This is a big deal, for the boys especially, since we typically only get a couple snows each year in Salem and they never last. Well, that's not true, I suppose we usually get one "bad" storm.
I couldn't help myself, I took two pictures from the front windows of our house.


"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." I know, we haven't had Thanksgiving yet, and personally I think Christmas stuff should wait to come out until after Thanksgiving, but I still like the scene with snow. The extra rows of lights are due to reflection on the window pane I was shooting through.


So, of course, today the boys had to go out and play in the meager quarter inch (max) of snow.




The "jackpot" was in our trailer.


Carson didn't quite get the idea of spacing


Emmett didn't get "snow angel" at all and just stuck to hand prints.


Then Avery took his kid shovel and scooped all the snow on the trailer in a pile so he could make a snowball with our snowballer.






Carson's turn


Emmett's turn. Yes, Emmett it falls out if you open it sideways.


Try again. Now it won't fall out. But grabbing it doesn't work either.


Avery desperately wanted to make a snowman, so I suggested he use the snowballer and make a mini man.


A leaf got caught in his scoop. "Is that his cape or his big nose, Avery?" His nose. That's some honker.


I'm thankful for our little bit of snow. This part of Oregon doesn't know how to function with even the smallest amount and more just exacerbates the problem. Also, I'm glad we just have this as opposed to the -5 degrees forecast for Spokane, where my parents are, that this same weather system is bringing them! I had enough sub-zero temperatures in four years in Wisconsin, thank you very much.