first (fun) snow

matt went to akron this weekend to drive his car over and sign the lease on our apartment since he was going to already be in town. unfortunately it was our first decent snow this weekend too. madelyn was just itching to get out and "shovel". i was going to let her come out with me while i cleared the driveway, but i just couldn't get mason and maddux down at the same time for us to go out and clear away the snow. she had to wait for daddy to come home. as a compromise, i bundled up her and mason and let them play in the snow on the deck.
they had so much fun that i let them out twice on saturday. madelyn remembered everything fun about snow and mason was just marveling at it. madelyn taught him how to shovel it, make and throw snowballs, make a snow angel, make a snowman, and they both tried eating it too. mason didn't like how it stuck to his mittens and bit it off instead. unfortunately, madelyn thought that using her mouth to get the stuck on snow off her shovel was a good idea...

one neat moment was when hundreds of geese flew overhead. as madelyn says, "they don't like the snow and are flying south for the winter".

i was so happy that they would play on the deck because i didn't see how i would be able to care for maddux if i had to go outside with them. this way i could watch them and get things done in the house too. love.