Snow

It snowed overnight enough for it to actually stick on the ground here.  So after a while, and because he showed enough interest, I bundled Timmy up in his snow gear (yeah, the 18 month snow pants still fit and he even has more room still on the shoulder straps) and we headed out.  At first I thought he would be content to just walk around in the snow in front of our house.  Silly me.

So after it became clear that staying in front of the house was not an option, we headed off on a walk.  Me wearing my wool coat and boots and Timmy dressed like a marshmallow.  To be fair, he would be a blue colored marshmallow with a little red, but the overall effect is the same.  He is also WAY better about keeping his hat on this year and he even wear his gloves.  Last year the gloves were a big issue because not only did he not want to wear them but because they didn't fit him very well.  Luckily, since he's grown, that problem seems to have disappeared.  

We walked to the park (because, seriously, where else would we go?) and Timmy had fun playing with the equipment in the snow...until he started to have a melt down.  First he took off the gloves and then his hat and said he didn't want them anymore.  Then he threw a little fit because he didn't want to go home but clearly it was time for lunch and a nap.  On the way he enjoyed picking up the snow and throwing so I made a few small snowballs and (being the nice mother that I am) threw them at him.  Timmy thought it was so funny that he slipped in the snow and fell face first onto someone's snow-covered lawn.  One of the other neighbors saw this entire thing happen and busted out laughing.  Timmy was cold and annoyed so it made for an even greater trip home.  

Overall it was fun though.  I'm glad that he likes the snow, especially because there's always the potential for a lot of it.  I've got a video of him enjoying ridding the slide of snow, I'll see if I can upload it here later.

Weather

Our weather here has been a little strange the last few days.  I know I live in WI and so weather in the fall is touch and go anyway but this has been a little more strange than normal (at least I think so).  Early last week it was nice enough that I didn't need a coat when I went to the park and by Friday is was sleeting/snowing and that pretty much stayed all through the weekend.  Tuesday it was raining and in the 30s.  Today, it's supposed to be in the 50s and sunny until late afternoon.  What is going on?

At least all of Timmy's stuff from last year still fits.  In fact, his winter coat sleeves are still a little too long and still need to be cuffed  up.  I have high hopes that he'll be able to still wear his snowpants from last year too (even though they are size 18 months).  Last year they were SO long and his straps were as tight as possible and even then they still stuck up above his shoulders about an inch.  He actually wears the shoe size that his boots were last year so I'm hoping those fit too.  Timmy seems more open to wearing his hat and gloves this year.  I think that the gloves fit better this year so that probably has something to do with it.

Well, we are off to enjoy the day while we can.