Snowy day
Posted on | March 4, 2006 | 17 Comments
We woke up to snow—powdery inch upon inch making everything sparkling and white. When the sidewalks were plowed, the snow came up to my knees on either side, and all day fat dreamy flakes drifted down.
Sometime in the past month Bean has connected the word “snow” with snow, and today when I said “do you see it snowing?” he ran to the window to look out, still in his jammies.
After a breakfast of waffles and eggs we put on our jackets and went out on the porch. This was the first time he’s ever REALLY played in snow—the first time touching it, bare handed; the first time he made the connection that the stuff on the porch was the same stuff coming down from the sky—and he’d point to snowflakes falling and say “uh, uh, uh!”
He ran out the door and knelt in it eagerly, but then sat back and stared at it for a good long minute, as if frozen in amazment. After his initial shock that it’s REALLY COLD, he started to play, picking up handfuls, and watching as each little flake dissolved in the heat of his palm.
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March 5th, 2006 @ 12:35 am
Oh my. Oh my. He is so cute. I always call to my husband to come and look at the new photos of Bean. We wished we lived closer so we could give you and your husband a night on the town and try our hand at parenting for an evening…
Love that he had the “shock” over how cold the snow really is…
March 5th, 2006 @ 4:57 am
These photos are priceless, Christina.
March 5th, 2006 @ 5:49 am
It’s like seeing everything for the very first time again, when you look through your child’s eyes.
March 5th, 2006 @ 8:26 am
He is a beautiful little boy and the wonder and joy of ‘firsts’ is so magical.
March 5th, 2006 @ 9:40 am
What a magical moment. You have captured it well.
I did the same with my baby a few weeks ago, but her face was screwed up in consternation the whole time because the “snow s’messy, mama! Iss messy!” So my pictures are. Interesting.
March 5th, 2006 @ 9:58 am
How fun. He is adorable in that hat.
March 5th, 2006 @ 11:57 am
Such a beautiful boy! I love the feeling of “seeing” things for the first time when you write about Beans’ experiences. and, FYI those jammies are adorable!
March 5th, 2006 @ 12:25 pm
awww… those jammies are so cute!
March 5th, 2006 @ 12:28 pm
Lovely pictures! We had one snowfall this year. I bundled my toddler up and when he got outside he promptly fell face down. He stood up and held out his hands screaming, “Noooo Mommy! Noooo!!!” Much less serene! But soon after he was running around and laughing. Love your blog and your paintings, quite beautiful.
March 5th, 2006 @ 2:20 pm
Lovely photos! Oh to be a kid again, exploring the world with such wonder in the eyes.
March 5th, 2006 @ 11:27 pm
Oh, wonderful! He’s so expressive.
March 6th, 2006 @ 1:38 am
oh, how sweet!
March 6th, 2006 @ 12:24 pm
Absolutely heart melting, especially the pj pictures! I am sure the days ahead will be full of more firsts as the Bean grasps language in a whole new way. But I’m hoping spring is on its way to you soon…
March 6th, 2006 @ 1:17 pm
I am so jealous! What beautiful snow, what a beautiful boy.
March 6th, 2006 @ 5:19 pm
Ford is jealous. He keeps asking when it will snow here. It’s like asking when hell will freeze over. Maybe you could take him in for a while, send him back to us in a few months?
I loved your quick sketch of the scene, “fat dreamy flakes drifted down” is like a cup of hot chocolate for the soul.
March 6th, 2006 @ 5:22 pm
Oh my goodness, that face of wonder! Beautiful. Almost makes me miss the cold.
March 7th, 2006 @ 1:42 pm
Waaay too much snow wherever you are. It’s spring already.