Let's Make a Snowball! Schneeball, Schneeball, Schneeball Schlacht!
Mama, look! Our pumpkins! They need to be cleaned off!
Checking Out her Footprints!
And last but not least, the importance of snow tasting. :)
Claire was so excited this morning because she has been waiting for this day for months. She's been crossing her fingers and "pressing her thumbs" that it would come...and I'm not exaggerating. Anytime we said something casually about crossing our fingers for another reason, she would press her thumbs with such vigor. We'd ask her what she was pressing her thumbs for and she'd always say "dass der Schnee kommt!" (that the snow comes). All because she's been dying to wear her new *used* snow boots that I got a great deal on a couple months back. We brought them home from the store and told her she would have to wait 'til the snow comes to use them. This morning it finally came...the snow! With the anticipation and excitement, there was no time to spare. We ate breakfast and were outside by 8:30. It really was the perfect day to play because it was in the upper 30s and not too cold at all!
To be honest, when I saw the forecast for snow last night, I hoped that I wouldn't go into labor overnight. Then I'd have to be stuck in the hospital and miss the fun first snowfall of the year with Claire! It's so heart warming to see her excitement for life and for the little things...we could all learn a thing or two from kids!
Really, Lauren..your post title was so misleading!
ReplyDeleteMaybe "finally...it's here!" could be misleading...but "cross your fingers?"...I think not!
ReplyDeletePlus, we surely would have let you know in a manner more suitable than a blog post. ;)