Finally some real snow around here!  I don't know if the rest of the metropolitan area is as enthusiastic about it as I am, but for me its been a long time coming.  Between yesterday and today we've gotten almost two feet of snow.  I grew up in upstate New York and very snowy winters were the norm for me.  I have so many great memories revolving around cold snowy winters:  ice skating on the lake, sledding down the mountains  (which seemed huge to me back then), playing in snow so deep my boots would get stuck.   The past few years here we haven't had too much snow, certainly no really good storms so I was very excited this morning watching my boys have the time of their lives.  What made it even better was that it happened on the weekend.  I didn't have to worry about my husband traveling to work.  He was out bright and early with the boys shoveling and playing, then he took them sledding.  They wouldn't have had nearly as much fun had it been a weekday with their Dad at work.  I can only take them out when the baby is sleeping and we have to stay right in front of the house.  And I never last as long as my husband does.  I don't have much of anything in the line of snow gear.  My lack of snow pants, snow boots and waterproof gloves are really a problem when it comes to any substantial amount of snow.  I've never invested in them because we don't get snow like this often.  This was the second largest snowstorm in history for our area.  But it turned out to be a wonderful day.  My oldest son said it was the best day he ever had, and then proceeded to say he'd had a lot of best days lately.  That made me really happy.  Like all moms, I wish my children a lifetime of best days.  Or at least enough to overshadow the bad ones.  I hope the same for all of you!

God Bless!