More fun in the snow

More fun in the snow! We were the lucky recipients of 12-14" of snow over the weekend. After shoveling the sidewalks and such, Becky took Ally on a walk to the park (Dana). On the way there they scooped snow from every house into the sand/snow bucket. Becky said it was a riot! I got home after the walk and Ally was excited to see me, but not so happy about going inside. Becky was laughing, because apparently she had to drag Ally outside in the first place, but then once she got out she did not want to come in. So Ally and I went on a walk to the other (smaller) park near our house. I coaxed Ally in to walking to the park, by telling her would we stop at her friend Thora's house on the way to the park. Thora lives across the street from the park. We did stop there, but she was not home. So we went on to the park.

One of Ally's favorite books right now is A Snowy Day. She calls it Crunch Crunch, because there is a page in the book that describes the boy walking in the snow as making the sound crunch crunch crunch. It was pretty neat to recreate some of the book with her.

Ally was not happy at first to be set down in the snow - check out the huge crocodile tears.

After taking the crying pictures I picked her up.

And we went for a walk.

Every time I tried to get a picture of her from the front she would crouch down like this.

When we got to the park Ally did not want to leave, and she was a bit scared of walking in the 12" of snow, she is after all only 32" tall! I got tired of holding her and suggested the swings. It was pretty funny to traipse thru the snow and wedge her into the swing, not that easy with boots and a snowsuit on! Then her feet were only about 6" above the snow line. She had a great time.

I did too.