The Power of Snow

There is something about snow.  

To convince the kiddos to play in the cold sans snow results in about a 5 minute round of soccer before the plea of coming inside ensues. There will be multiple complaints of how 'it's too cold' at the balmy temperature of 35 degrees, and it will likely take about 15-20 minutes to 'get ready' (the phrase 'I can't find....' is usually involved).

Then it snows, and not only do they want to play outside when it is 17 degrees, they want to roll around in it....

...drag each other through it....

...surf in it....

....and just generally play in it at 7:30 in the MORNING!! (Hence the dark photos...). As a side note, it took literally 3 minutes for them to get ready.

This is one of the reasons that we enjoy living in the Midwest.

The real test will be in March - will this love of snow still be there?  Only time will tell. But for now, we'll enjoy the snow and the hot cocoa that follows afterward.