Snow Day(s)

Mama can't remember the last time that Stumptown has seen so much snow. For days now it has been coming and going, falling then melting, piling up and blowing around. The forecast shows the flakes hanging around for the next few days... white Christmas? Who knows.

We've been trying to take advantage of being without wheels (Papa has been taking the AWD to get to work) by suiting up and venturing out to the store, but it's pretty cold out there, so we usually only make it to the end of the block.

The Dude has been loving it. He loves to wake up in the morning and look out the window to see if it's still there. He loves gearing up with his "Ya-ket" (jacket) and his "Boooots!" and going "OUT!!".



The fluffy flakes we had yesterday were almost as big as his hands, and he liked to look up at them falling down...



Until...





We tromp up and down the street, visiting all the festive decorations that the neighbors have in their yards. He especially loves the big blow-up snow globes (yes, we have more than one on our street). But he's also very fond of these snowmen... they have "HAT(s)!".



The snow continues to fall today and should throughout the afternoon. We will venture out into it at some point, we're quite sure.