winter

the sun was out and the wind was whipping - we needed to get out of the house after an all day pajama-fest yesterday. the oldest two were crawling the walls and i needed some fresh air. curtis would have probably preferred to stay cozy in his crib, but majority rules around here. :)  we stepped out to load the car and....saw the sky filled with snow flurries! what an awesome treat! peter kept asking where the "big snow" was...as in, when would the ground be covered with it? i told him we might have to go to the mountain for that when daddy gets back from his mini-trip (its 80+ where he is, what a hard-working bum!).   we went down to the kintai bridge to walk across and back as pete has been asking to go back there for weeks now and it seemed like the perfect day for it. well, it was gorgeous - AND COLD! at the peak of the bridge the wind was really smacking us hard in the face and pete was cringing into his hat, covering his face with is mittens and saying "winter hurts my face!"...little betsy was a trooper but i'm pretty sure she had her eyes closed the entire time we were crossing the bridge there and back again. i was wearing curtis and he was super-bundled up and facing in toward me so i think he was shielded from most directions (although when he would turn his head to peak out, you'd see him whip his head straight back in again as i'm sure he got hit square with the cold as well). our first dose of real winter. i'm sure there's more to come. but we decided it was totally worth the cold to stand at the top of the kintai bridge and look out into the river valley and see giant snow flurries swirling, filling the air. happy hearts. peter thanked me for taking him to the bridge when we got into the warm car and told me i was a sweet girl. we headed straight home for lunch and hot chocolate....and naps!

i like this photoshop action - looks so aged. reminds me of the photo of my dad and his brother bruce hauling maneur "back in the day". :)