For January, it’s been really quite mild. It’s all relative of course, but we’ve been having some distinctly spring-like days amongst the sub-zero ones. And hardly any snow!
But, the weekend before last we finally had our first real snow storm of the year. The kids were thrilled.
It began with a covering of snow on the Friday morning. Enough that my daughter was beside herself with glee!
Even with less than an inch of the white stuff she was so excited to get outside and run around, dancing and throwing snow. It was a joy to watch.
This dusting was nothing compared to what was coming the next day though.
The real snow started on Saturday morning. It was coming down heavily by the time I left to take the 7yo to his first basketball game of the season. And it was still coming down when we left the gym. So much had fallen by then in fact, that I failed to get our car up the driveway when I got home! Some shoveling and sanding later, my neighbor kindly brought the car in for me…
It kept snowing until the early hours of Sunday and we awoke to a winter wonderland. With a good six inches of snow, the kids couldn’t wait to get out in it.
Of course, snow angels were a must.
As was crawling in it?
Sadly, it was too light and fluffy for snowmen, which was very disappointing for the wee girl. Sledding and snow painting (blog posts to follow!) more than made up for it though!
And, it was perfect for throwing!
We had a wonderful time on the Sunday, spending hours in the garden playing. It was a beautiful, bright day. Cold, but gorgeous. The snow stayed until the Tuesday when the rain came and washed it all away. It then felt like spring for the next three days, and we walked home from school without jackets, struggling to believe that there had been half a foot of snow a couple of days earlier!
But that’s New England for you :)
[In the interests of keeping the number of photos per post to a manageable amount (a promise I made to myself last year!) you’ll have to wait for our first sledging and first snow painting of the year antics..!]
Aww I am so jealous! Clearly I need to move to New England! Even with just an inch it looked perfect. Our sprinkling over here was rather pathetic to be honest! #countrykids
Ha! You might not like it so much when it means you get three feet of snow overnight :)
You had so much snow, the kids look in their element enjoying the snow layering your garden! I love the photos of the two of them crawling in the snow, didn’t you know that’t the must-do thing to do. It looks almost like you were in a fairytale scene with it being so light and fluffy, I love the shot of your son throwing it.
Thanks for linking up with me on #CountryKids.
It was beautiful when we woke up, I love seeing the garden covered in snow like that :) And, light and fluffy means easy to shovel too. Well, easier!
Love this and can’t wait to see more. My girls are dying for the white stuff. Enjoy x
It was good fun, have to say. Doesn’t look like we’ll be getting any more snow for a while, but I have more photos to share :)
Oh wow look at all that snow. We never got anything! Well a small dusting but that was it. So gutted as I love snow and the kids have never really seen proper snow yet. I live in Scotland for goodness sakes I am meant to get snow all the time! #CountryKids
Ha! We were in Scotland before we moved over to the US and the only time I remember snow like this in recent years was back in 2010 :)
That amount of snow most be so wonderful for the kids and great for you that a few days later it was all gone! Look forward to seeing this years Snow Paintings #CountryKids
It was kind of perfect really :) I have got more used to the snow, but I like when it doesn’t hang around for too long!
Looks like they loved the snow. We’ve had a little but not this much. We did snow painting #countrykids
Snow painting is so much fun!
We never get snow in my part of Cornwall, the rest of the UK seem to get some more often but it is so rare down here. Mostly it is a good thing as I hate driving in it, but it would be so nice to be able to make a snowman again!
Stevie x
Driving in it is not fun, but I’m getting better at it. Needs must! Hoping the next time we have snow it’s the ‘right’ kind for snowman building :)
Looks and sounds like she has had lots of fun. I spotted a bit here but not as much as you’ve encountered. #CountryKids
We had good fun, the kids do love the snow :)
Oh wow what a lot of snow you lucky lucky things! I’m so jealous!
We also had some amazing snow Friday before last – it was so cool for my youngest as he didn’t really remember previous years, Sarah #CountryKids
It’s wonderful to watch kids play in the snow isn’t it? It’s magical x
Wow look at that snow. We are so jealous! Looks like you all had such a lovely time playing in it xx #countrykids
We really did, thank you :)
It looks amazing and I can imagine the kids loved it! Crazy to hear you had such warm weather afterwards too! Xx #countrykids
The weather is always bizarre here :)
Wow that’s a lot of snow, mine were sad they didn’t get too much and it was gone by morning #countrykids
It was a good amount, the kids were thrilled :)
That snow looks amazing! Love how much fun your children are having it and the wee girl’s face in the first few photos is just gorgeous :-) #countrykids
Oh, they had so much fun! Wait till you see the sledging photos, their expressions were fab :)
This is fab! My daughter is nearly 6 and has never seen proper snow! #CountryKids
I might not be quite the fan that the kids are, but I’m so glad that they get to experience snow like this :)
I love your snow photos – probably because I’m so jealous that we don’t have any, although I also know what a pain it is to be cold, wet and snowed in. But still, it looks lovely and the children are clearly enjoying the Wee Girls is clearly enjoying the winter season again.
Beautiful photography as always, Sara
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I think each year I get a bit more used to it, but we haven’t had a really big storm yet this year, so I may change my tune then!