First Snowfall of the season

It was doing this

all day yesterday.  Beautiful big, fluffy white flakes.  I can say that since I didn't have to travel anywhere on the highways, only around town and close to home.  Those commuting to and fro probably had a few more choice words for the snow.

The Noodle was itching to get out and play around in it after school, so once she got home, we piled on the layers.

The park was quiet and unmarred until we got there.  We made sure we left our mark with lots of snow angels.

Today Daddy and the girls decided to build a snow family.

I dashed out for the final photo session.

Winter's snowy grip

The wind is howling and the snow continues to fall.  I thought it was suppose to ease up around 10 this morning, but I guess Ol' Man Winter missed the memo.  There is at least one little person who is enjoying all this snow!

"[Walk] softly, but carry a big stick"--Teddy Roosevelt

Wintery Wednesday

The snow starting falling yesterday afternoon and it has kept coming and coming!  I knew when we got home from preschool this morning that the Noodle would want to go out and play.  Sure enough...she did!  We donned all the gear (whew, that's exhausting) and she grabbed her little snow shovel. 

 Even though J used the blower yesterday when he got home from work and then again shoveled this a.m., the driveway was covered.  Thankfully the snow was really light and fluffy, so between the two of us, we went to town.  Soon my little helper lost interest, and decided that she'd rather bury herself in the snow and make snow angels.  By the time we were ready to go in for lunch, her cheeks were rosy red! 
Perfect for smooching :)

A weekend of firsts

Faster Daddy faster!!!!!!!!!
Boy, it is really hard to move in all this snow!
I love trying to catch snowflakes
Winter wonderland
You can just take this cape off me RIGHT now, because I am not liking this hair-cutting thing!!!
Are we done yet?!?! (Don't look at my roots!)
Doesn't my new do look nice? All those long pieces around my neck and ears are gone! Thanks Ms. Diane.
This weekend was a series of firsts for the Chinese Noodle. While we had had some snow, we got a whopping 8 inches over Friday and Saturday. As soon as the C.N. looked outside, she started signing "snow" and kept pointing to go out. We all put on the layers and J got out an old sled to pull her around the yard and up and down the sidewalk. She LOVED every minute of it, but wasn't so sure about actually standing in the snow. I think because it was so deep, she didn't like the feeling of being immobile.

Later on that day we went to have her first haircut. She was NOT impressed and wanted absolutely nothing to do with getting her hair trimmed! Poor thing, she cried and screamed like she does when she is at the doctor. I wonder if she is having flashbacks to her time in the orphanage when they would cut her hair so short...by the time she had her coat on and she and J were walking out the door, she was back to her smiley-self again. The whole ordeal took approximately 10 minutes. I'm sure she'll learn to love going to the hairdresser--all in good time.