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Happy New Year!
2003 was a good year for our family, and 2004 is
starting off fine so far,
as well. We spent the end of December with our friends,
the Millers, in the Poconos. And then, for the first week and a half of
January, I took the kids to my Mom and Dad's while Joe taught his
intensive Winter Session statistics class. The trip started off very
mildly, with weather in the 50s. We went out ice skating with Uncle
Chris and Aunt Kristin. And, Matthew tried to teach Grandma and
Grandpa the names of all his engines.
But, then the winds
shifted. A series of "Alberta Clippers" swept down from Canada,
drastically dropping the temperature and piling us deep in Lake
Effect snow. We got over two feet of snow in two days. (Naturally,
Dad's snowblower died!) The kids loved all the snow and wanted to
play in it constantly. I let them out as much as I safely could
(wind chills were steadily in the negative teens!). They tromped
around, sledded, made snow angels and threw the fluffy snow around
at each other ... generally having a total blast.
Still, it's good
to be home now, and we're all ready to get back
into
a regular routine.
Goofin'
Around
Matthew peeks through the railing at the Mountain
House.
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Night
Sledding
The kids whiz down the icy-snowy driveway
on the first night of wintry
weather (little did we
all know what was
soon to come!). |
Very
Puzzling
Of course, with all that snow and no
working snowblower, we have
to find a lot to do indoors.
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Snow
Fun
Emily loved seeing all her
tracks in
the snowy yard. |
It's
Cold!
Matthew took a giant mouthful of snow
(don't all kids do this?) and then exclaimed "Mommy ... it's
too cold!!!"
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Wait,
Emily!
Emily was quite a bit faster
at wallowing through
the fluffy drifts.
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Rosy
Cheeks
Nothing gets the
complexion
glowing like fresh
air and snowflakes.
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Snouwbound
Despite it's light fluffy texture, this
snow stuck to everything ... bringing down trees and power lines, and
drifting over windows.
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Picture
Perfect
All the scenery was thickly frosted
in white.
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