It has been a really mild winter here in Chicagoland. And by that I mean that temps have been pretty constantly in the 30′s and 40′s. When we lived in California – that was the lowest it ever got and we complained about it and stayed inside. Here, we put on flip flops and go to the park if it hits 40!
I don’t want to sound ungrateful for these higher temps. I have mentioned a few thousand times on here how much I HATE it when it goes sub-zero outside. But I DO like a good chilly day in the 20′s and I DO like snow so maybe I can whine just for a second and say that I would love a good fat snow storm followed by some sunny 25 degree days so we can all play in it. Instead we FINALLY got our first snowfall on December 17th and it was merely an inch. The kids went haywire anyways when they saw it and we had a fun morning outside enjoying it before it was gone by the next day.
"how do I play with all my toys with these mittens on!??" It was hilarious to watch him trying to pick them up! LOL!

"WOAHHHHHHHHH! The snow makes the slide so fast momma!"

Poor Kev! He wants to be able to do this swing SO badly but he is just too little for it and I don't think the snow clothes will help matters!

Ahhhh poor guy! He just did not get at first that you play differently in the snow than you do in the sun and he kept trying to use all his regular toys. Here he was SO FRUSTRATED that he had to work so hard to get it to roll even a little bit!

AWWWW! Look at that - big sister to the rescue
She does love her "Kevi" as she calls him!

After Molly the sleepy head finally woke up and saw what was outside she jumped right into her snow clothes and came out to join us. She is getting to an age now where she plays out in the snow for long periods of time with her friends and so I have to buy her better quality snow things and they are really expensive. So this year I bought them all really big and as you can see, I will probably get two winters out of them LOL. Or four or five! that coat is HUGE!

SNOW ANGELS! Seriously the kids were SO excited even though there was not enough snow to even make a snow angel. One of our neighbors actually used their wheelbarrow to collect snow from all over their yard so they could build a small snowman! Not that we are complaining about the higher temps this year, but we all really would like a good snowstorm!

No snow, sleet or ice shall keep the Clemm kids from their favorite tree!
I am sure it will shock you to know that I am sitting here quite behind on my blog posts per usual and writing this on January 8th and there has STILL not been anymore snow, save for an errant flurry or two. Looks like “the expert’s” doomsday predictions for this winter were wrong!
Hopefully I did not just jinx us all.