(Dad note: apologize for the lack of posts this week – we’ve been caught up in all the fun here in Swampscott with Grandma and Papa. We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and don’t worry we’ll be sharing some of the adventures we’ve been having.)
We arrived in Boston on Tuesday night – luckily just ahead of the storm so no delays or anything like that. Maile was very excited about the possibility of seeing snow. (Technically, she has seen it once before, but she was too little to remember). It rained all day Wednesday, but the forecast called for some flurries over night. We put Maile to bed Wednesday evening with the promise that if we saw any snow we’d wake her up.
Still no snow when Christine and I went to bed, but when Maile woke up at ~6:15 AM she looked out the window and thought she saw something that might be snow. She woke Christine and I up and through on shoes and our winter jackets and headed outside to check things out. Sure enough there was just enough snow on the ground to make a itty bitty snowman – Maile’s first…
Maile's very first snowman - just a wee little guy...
A few hours later, after eating some breakfast and putting proper clothes on, the girls headed outside for more fun. Lauren is really into Olaf (from Frozen) – she’s never seen the movie, but she recognizes him from the books Maile has. She went to play with the first snowman, but he broke – she was very upset. So Maile made her a new one…
Maile and Lauren working on snowman #2...
Maile with her creation, affectionately known by Lauren as Olaf
We thought that might be the end of it – the girls had fun, but I was still feeling like they didn’t get the full effect of snow since the snowing had mostly stopped and there really wasn’t too much on the ground. Luckily, Mother Nature agreed and dumped some more snow on us Friday morning – and this time it was perfect, big, beautiful flakes and still going when the girls woke up.
They bundled up and headed out again, this time with Papa in tow to show them how to do snow right!
When the real snow came, Papa headed out with the girls to show them how a snowman is done right...
Maile Girl catching snow flurries with her tongue...
... and, of course, whatever Maile is doing, Lauren is doing too...
Papa and Maile hard at work with snowman #3
Meanwhile, Lauren had enough of the cold and was warming up inside...
Maile and Papa with their finished product - a recycle friendly Olaf 🙂
All in all a fun snowstorm (especially since we weren’t trying to travel through it!) and likely a snow experience Maile will remember now – maybe even Lauren too!
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