Ethan's first taste of snow

It did indeed snow last night so that when Grace woke up this morning the first thing she wanted was breakfast followed closely by going outside to play in the snow. Once everyone had been fed and I had some hot coffee to fortify myself we piled on as many layers of clothing as we could (note to self...start looking for cheap snow pants for the kids!). Poor Ethan looked like the Michelin Man because I made him wear a onesie, two piece flannel pajamas, two sweaters, jeans, socks, rubber boots, mittens, and a hat. Grace got off a little better only wearing long pajamas under some jeans, a lined sweater, a coat, hat, and mittens.

Once we made it outside Grace wanted to walk around in the snow for a good while and Ethan just stood in the spot I left him the entire time. I'm not sure if he couldn't figure out how to walk in rubber boots or the snow, but either way having a captive photo subject was rather enjoyable for a change.

After Grace had satisfied her snow lust we began trying to make a snowman which turned out to be harder then I anticipated. The snow was just so powdery it wouldn't stick to a snowball that we tried to roll around. So we opted for Plan B and piled snow into a heap and shaped a snowman out of that. Then we found some sticks for arms, some barkdust for eyes, and a baby carrot for a nose. He's rather cute.

I gave Ethan the snowball I couldn't make into a snowman and he was pretty excited. At first he thought it was a ball and threw it.

Then he decided to taste it.

The cold snow on his nose kind of startled him!

Apparently it didn't taste so good but that didn't stop him from giving it a taste a few more times!