Cold, Snowy Winter

Winters around here are much like every other time of year: mild (except for July and August when it's hotter and more humid than hell itself...maybe). I have to admit that I love that about living here. Spring and autumn are gorgeous and there are many days in winter where playing outside with the kids isn't impossible.

This year was a different story. It seems to happen about every ten years that the Charlotte area get hit by a pretty decent amount of snow. It happened to be coupled with crazy low temperatures as well this year. 

As far as the snow is concerned, Phillip and I are fans. While others boarded cruises or planes for warmer, sunnier honeymoons, we drove 24 hours through a blizzard to Mont Tremblant, Quebec. After this year, however, the novelty of snow is wearing off. I lost count of the days we were stuck inside because it was too cold or too snowy or some combination of both. We were able to play a little before it all became one frozen mess, so I thought I'd post some of those pictures. (Disclaimer: There is no rhyme or reason to the order of any of these photos.)

Emory perfected the art of throwing snowballs, but you best not retaliate or someone's in for a toddler-sized meltdown. Lesson learned.

 

The only part of this whole snow business Master Everhett cared a thing about was the warm milk he received after returning indoors.

This has become one of my favorite pictures of these two.

 

We actually got around 8 inches of snow and maybe a .5 to an inch of ice on top of that. Emory loves snow but hates ice!

 

 

 

Snow, freezing rain, ponds in January in freezing temps, Mason is not a hard pup to please.

"I warm up by the fiiiiire, Mama!" (Seriously, this kid's Southern accent is T-H-I-C-K!

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Daddy ingenuity.

Today's rainy weather reminds me of our cabin fever, so what better way to commemorate a winter full of being cooped up? Fortunately, we have had several days of beautiful Spring weather already. Our boys are loving it. Bring on the sunshine!

Kristin