Charlotte had a white Christmas, the first in 60+ years. That's pretty exciting stuff for this neck of the woods. And it was really pretty. I went running today and there was hardly a car on the road, the branches were covered with snow helping them droop over the streets as I passed by. It made it feel cozy even though it was cold. But was really cool was how calm and quiet it was out there. Really a perfect day to be out for a run. It left me a lot of time to think about this Christmas and what a fun time it was for Eloise. I'm with most when I say Christmas is really for the kids. It was so fun setting up shop around here, getting things just right and then watching her explore her new playground of new fun activities and toys. She had a blast which means we all did too. She's at such a great age that honestly, she cracks us up constantly. Whether she's trying to talk (which she does really well but there are many other times throughout the day where she's not interested in actually speaking words. she has her own Monkey-tongue and dialog and she just ramble away. hilarious.), dance to songs, transfer one large pile of stuffed animals from one room to another individually, and the list goes on. Christmas was particularly fun because of how she is at this age so all in all, we had a great time!
And then to actually have it snow on Christmas day, although late at our house, was really very cool. We woke up today to 3-4 inches and Eloise loved watching it fall while she perched herself at our front windows. Occasionally she'd say "rain" but we helped her understand that today is wasn't rain, but snow. Then she'd run around and say "snow, snow, snow" and go from window to window making sure her Tee Tat was inside rather than out where it's "buuuurrrrrrr" cold. Again, hilarious.
Here are some pics to show our fun in the snow today. Eloise LOVED it and did not want to go back inside. What a difference 11 months makes. Here is last January's snow to compare. As you can see, Eloise had a much better time this go round:) (btw - I've quickly figured out how to outfit a southern kid for a snow day. You make a snowsuit out of fleece footed PJs, of course. Layers underneath the PJs. Layers on top of the PJs. Stuff her feet into oversized shoes. Add in a hat and mittens and away you go!)
My personal fav. Getting an icicle from Daddy.
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