Early Snow

When Josh came home from school on Friday and told me there might be snow on Saturday I didn’t get my hopes up.  After all, here in North Carolina most winter weather warnings don’t ever really materialize, and it was the beginning of December.  I don’t know that we’ve had snow in early December in the 15 years we’ve lived here. 

Saturday afternoon I went out with my scissors to cut the foliage off of my mostly frozen gerbers.  I did not expect to see snow! After a few minutes big flakes were coming down fast. 

The girls were so excited that they ran out and danced in the snow, trying to catch flakes on their tongues. 

 Then they scraped snow off of the benches to make snow sculptures. I think Rachel’s was a bunny.

They also made a pretty big snowman with great accessories from our snowman kit.

When night came it was still snowing strong.

In the morning I woke up and looked out to a winter wonderland.  It was so beautiful!

I grabbed my camera and my coat and ran outside to take some pictures.  Yes, in my pajamas. When I walked down from the deck I was greeted by this cute boy, and these cute girls. 

Yes, all three were out in their pajamas.  They are obviously my children!

 I walked around the yard taking pictures.  Here is a picture of my most frustrating plant from this last summer—a beautiful vine that never EVER had flowers until the last few weeks!  What’s up with that??

When I had surveyed all the loveliness in our yard,

I went inside, changed into clothes, and persuaded Russ to come for a walk around the block with me.  This was the sight that greeted us as we looked down the street.

It was a lovely walk.

What a fun way to start our winter.  There wasn’t enough to sled, so we will need snow again later.  But it was definitely enough to get us excited for Christmas!