Snow Day!!

My cell phone rang this morning with a text message letting me know schools were closed today so we "slept in" until 6:45! When she looked out the window in Daddy's office she squealed at the dusting of snow on the roof. I did get it on video and I need to figure out how to upload it because she said 'snow' very clearly : )

She wanted to go out onto the deck and catch snowflakes on her tongue

This year she really seems to love the snow ~ I just wish we got a real snowfall like some of our friends b/c I think she would enjoy it so much

She finally decided 22 degrees was too cold for no coat so she came back in : )

Just so all of you know ~ this is the huge blizzard she was so excited about!

Just for fun ~ here she is in 2006 not enjoying the snow at all ~ mean Mama just wanted the photo op. I remember thinking that this is likely the first time she had seen snow (she is from near Wuhan which is known as one of the 3 furnaces of China) and obviously she was not thrilled

Last year was a little better but I have to be honest, this was one of only a few smiley pictures and most were not!
After breakfast we decided to get appropriately dressed and try again. She took a toy outside to throw to Gabby

Now that I have on a coat and hat it is so much more fun!!

We would love to go visit some of our Northern friends or cousins in Denver to see some REAL snow someday! For now, we will have to settle for what the weatherman called a "heavy dusting"