SNOW!

Every time it snows, we have a bit of a conundrum at our house. Annie begs to go outside and play in it every minute. She loves the snow and being pulled on a sled and making snow angels and throwing snow at people and generally acting like a normal kid. Kate, on the other hand, is decidedly uninterested. She hates being cold, she hates being so bundled up and she hates playing in the snow. Every time I ask her if she wants to go outside, she replies, "Ummmm...No." That's not fair to Annie, though, so out we went yesterday.

Her snow outfit is not that cute, but it was definitely warm and dry.

Steve was out playing, too. His wonderful cousin Josh was in town, and he so nicely and patiently pulled Annie and Steve around on the sled for a long time. Kate freaked out every time I tried to get her to sit on it, too.

Her look of trepidation about the environment.

She actually did play for a few minutes like this. I think she was trying to pretend she was at the beach.

It's fun when Steve joins in, too.

Annie made a million snow angels.

And this snow pile, which she said is the beginnings of a snow man.

To be fair, Kate did request and attempt to make a couple snow angels. She did a nice job flapping her arms, but the second any snow touched her skin, she was done. Each attempt ended in her crying and my pulling her back up to standing.

Kate's favorite part was when we came back inside for hot chocolate and marshmallows.