Playing in the snow and hoping for spring...

The boys got a sled for Christmas, but sadly, we haven't had a chance to use it since Christmas. We got lots of snow for about a month after Christmas, but during that month there was always someone sick in our house, so we didn't venture out into the frigid snow. Once we finally got better, we didn't have any more snow storms. All that was left was icey, hard snow, so we didn't play in that either. Yesterday afternoon it started snowing, and Ethan begged and begged to go outside and play. But since it was so windy that the snow was blowing sideways, I told him we'd have to wait. So this morning it was bright and sunny, and even though there was only an inch of snow, we went outside and played in it. Austin was really excited to play outside, until he realized he had to wear snow pants, mittens, hat, boots, sweatshirt, and a huge jacket. He screamed and cried until I just took off all the clothes and let him stand at our back door and watch. Ethan had me pull him around on the sled all around the backyard. Wow, what a workout. Finally, just when we were ready to come inside, Austin ventured out the back door with no shoes or socks on. I told him he could only come out if he put boots and his coat on. So with about half as many clothes as he should've been wearing, he came out and played for a few minutes. Until he discovered that it's not too fun to play in the snow without mittens, so we headed inside for lunch. The snow was fun, but we're ready for spring!!