Falling Snow

As if tobogganing wasn't chouette enough, playing in freshly falling snow has got to take the cake.
We started with a cold, drizzly, dreary, gray day, and turned it into a winter wonderland by getting in the car and driving half an hour. Just over looking Van City is an easy access mountain hwy leading to the local ski hill. A short drive and we watched as the dark, wet, naked landscape slowly turned into a sparkling, bright landscape cloaked in a frosty, fluffy blanket of white. The hard drops of pelting rain suddenly became floating wayward tufts dancing the air all around us. We found a tree rimmed lot on which to park and play in the falling snow. At sea level the temp hung at 5 degrees(C) and only dropped to 0 (C) where we stopped to play. Zoe has been watching Dora and Kai Lan tromp through the snow, taste snow, and make snow angels and she knows just what to do- it's finally her turn! Julian on the other hand is getting over a nasty cold, and doesn't have thick boots or long underwear on, and after a few minutes of tossing snowballs decides that he'd rather go back in the car. So I turned on the heater and took off his cold rain boots, and daddy pelted his window with snowballs, which made him giggle with delight.