The first snow of the winter!!

Well, I suppose it's technically still fall! But winter came in roaring like a lion Tuesday night and we woke up to a beautiful winter wonderland Wednesday morning. Drew actually had school (he was very worried he would have a snow day!) and once he got home, we bundled up and headed out!

Katie and daddy actually dressed up in the morning and went out while it was still snowing! Katie woke up and ran downstairs and told us "I need a carrot!" and she desperately wanted to build a snowman, but the snow was just not packable yet! Here she is getting bundled:

And here she is in the backyard...

Here is Alex, after nap (hence the crazy hair!), getting bundled. We thought she looked a bit like an oompa-loompa in her snow pants!

And here is Drew, picking up right where he left off at the last snow! Our little snow shoveler. He helped daddy clear the rest of the driveway (Bob had done most of it already, thanks Bob!) and then Matthew and Drew thought it was great fun to stand in the line of fire from the snowblower, so as Rich snowblowed they would get hit with the flying snow! Then Drew shoveled the sidewalk and front porch, and then he went around back and cleared most of the patio as well!

Alex just loved the snow! Neither Drew nor Katie were fans of the snow at this age, but she absolutely loved it. She loved it so much, she kept eating it! Crazy baby, that stuff is coooold!!

A little video clip of Alex eating the snow...

And here is a picture of Katie walking through the snow, and there's Drew in the background, clearing the front porch!

Alex got bored with playing in the snow and decided to ride her bike. She just couldn't figure out why she couldn't go. She tried one bike, then went and got another, and as you can see in the video, she doesn't understand the sidewalk is too slippery to get moving!