After the Snow

The interesting thing about the weather around here is that you can get several feet of snow but in days it is nearly gone. The sun is so bright and the weather warms so quickly that for days afterward you have mini streams running down the street, off the top of your house and through your yard. We got so much snow that by Sunday we had all sorts of fun puddles and water dripping off the house. On our way back from the park, Olivia stopped at every puddle and pile of snow. It was warm enough that we didn't even need coats but here she was picking up snow! It is a pretty neat way to enjoy the snow. When we got back to the house she was playing with this puddle below a gutter and there was water pouring in a stream from the house. She loved it. I put aside my anxiety about her getting dirty and wet. She splashed in puddles, stood under the stream (briefly) and generally got soaking wet and dirty. She was one happy girl. In the house we stripped her clothes gave her a bath, lunch and dry clothing and she was asleep before we layed her in her crib for her nap.