white calm

At 6:19 this morning, D heard The Mayor talking to himself in his bedroom. He heard The Mayor make his way to his window, pull the shade and heard him say "wow" as he laid his eyes on the fresh, fallen snow. I couldn't describe it better myself.

There is nothing more beautiful to me in nature then the white calm that is a fresh snow. The stillness and silence that comes from snow. Almost as if sound is just muffled and absorbed in the white stuff. It is so peaceful.

Luckily The Mayor went back to sleep until 9AM and a few minutes after he was awake for good, he and D were bundled up and enjoying the snow. About 20 minutes later, they were back inside where The Mayor requested some hot cocoa. After he enjoyed his hot cocoa and Love Bug finished breakfast, we all bundled back up to play a bit more in the snow. The freezing rain had already started, and in an effort to keep the kids from being pelted in the face by the rain, we put them in the wagon to try and protect them. We went on a small walk just taking in the calm and still of our street and then each made a snow angel in the yard (except Love Bug, she just watched) before heading back inside for good. With a windchill in the teens and freezing rain, it was just too cold to be able to enjoy the snow.

We spent the rest of the day playing in the basement and working on potty training. And I am thrilled to report that The Mayor wore the same pair of underwear all day long...no accidents! I am really so proud of how far he has come in the past few days. With school canceled tomorrow and D's boss telling them to work from home, it will be another great potty training day here. It is so much easier when both D and I are here.

I'm really just relieved The Mayor won't be starting college in pull-ups.

eager to get out there and play in the snow

enjoying his hot cocoa after his first trip outside

getting bundled up

D making his snow angel

me and my snow angel

D helping The Mayor with his snow angel

The Mayor's snow angel