let it snow!!!

finally, we had a big snowfall in rochester! I was itching to be able to show charlie snow again and see if he enjoyed playing in it. last friday we got quite a bit of snow (maybe 6 inches?). bill has to round on saturday mornings so I tried to hold off playing in the snow until he got back, but around 10am charlie could wait no longer. I gathered all his gear and started the task of putting it all on. talk about tiring! I felt like I ran a marathon before we even got out the door. here is a picture of charlie waiting to get outside. it was beautiful outside as you can tell by the sun shining in.

charlie LOVED the snow! however, it was quite difficult to get a good picture of him while trying to keep him from face planting in the snow. talk about a lower back challenge…especially pregnant!

face plant!

he loved trying to walk in it and was much better by the end of the weekend.

he spent a lot of time like this. thankfully, bill showed up 30 minutes after we were out there so he was able to take over the back breaking work!

he was delighted to find his radio flyer under the deck. but could not understand why I wouldn’t pull him around in the yard.

after playing in the snow, we came inside and decorated our gingerbread house.

charlie helped decorate the roof. as you can see by the picture below bill would put a dollop of frosting in a place and then show charlie where to put the candy. however, every time charlie would first place it in a different spot.

bill and I created a beautiful nativity scene.

the final product.

then it was time to clear the driveway. charlie and bill had a lot of fun clearing the driveway together.

on sunday, we brought charlie sledding. he again loved it. he kept saying “more” after each time.

heading to the hill…charlie hates when the sun is in his eyes.

ready to hike up the hill.

bill, charlie and lily coming down the hill (this is actually a pretty steep hill). after more than a handful of times going down the hill charlie was saying “brrrr” midway through the hill so bill and I decided to head home. charlie was not too happy about that.

it was such a joy to watch charlie play and laugh in the snow. we can’t wait to get him on skis now!