SNOW DAY!

Well, Christmas miracles abound: we got our first snow of the season on Christmas Eve.  Everyone was pretty enamored.  At first, Rocco was relatively enthusiastic, yelling, "COAT?! Ah-SIDE?! SOCKS?! Ah-SIDE?!" when he saw the big kids getting their coats and boots on to go outside.

But then he realized that he, in fact, was not a fan of the snow.

Since that morning, he keeps looking out the window and accusing the ground of "WATER.  WATER.  WATER."  When I try to correct him and tell him it's snow, he just keeps repeating, "WATERRRRRR!"  Well, okay, sure.  I can see why you would find it scary if you think the face of the earth is covered with white water.  That's the kind of stuff plagues are made of.

The rest of the kids were big fans, though.

Finn was the first to come in, after his doggone glasses wouldn't stop doggone fogging up.  Doggonit.  That's okay.  He was comforted with a big mug of tea (read: a mug full of some warm honey that had the vague recollection of having met green tea at one point in its college days).  And then another mug of tea.  He was feeling pretty good about life at that point.

And that was our token snow day.  We are now fully ready for spring.