My little snow angel

(Continued from yesterday)
On the way back up our driveway, I picked Tovina up and laid her down in the snow and moved her arms so that she made a snow angel. I then picked her back up and set her on the driveway so she could see what she had done.
She was duly unimpressed and wandered farther down the drive. I, of course, was overwhelmed by Tovina's image in the snow and stopped to take a photo. By the time I was done, I noticed T had sat herself down in the snow and was energetically moving her arms back and forth. Since she was in a sitting position, this didn't exactly make a snow angel, but it did make some great snow flurries.

This is the first time Tovina has willingly sat in snow. She's kicked it before and brushed at it. She likes to watch it fall from my glove. Occasionally she'll even bend over and touch the stuff (though this is dangerous as she is not the steadiest thing on 2 legs in general and the snow gear seems to reduce what balance she does have. She has been known to bend over and then just keep on going till her head is resting on the ground. Luckily, this rarely startles her.) But here she was happily playing in the powdery stuff!

Good little snow baby.

Light flurries?

Yesterday the weather man was telling us we would be getting light flurries. 8 inches later I have begun to doubt his word.
(Doesn't T look skeptical?)
When we were considering moving to Cincinnati, I was told that they don't really get heavy snow falls here. See, previous conclusion.

But I must admit that is is pretty perfect snow, all light an powdery. Tovina and I couldn't resist and went out for a walk in it this afternoon - runny noses and all. Actually, Tovina was so excited that when I asked if she wanted to "go out for a walk" she immediately asked for her shoes. When she saw her snow pants she wanted them too
and her hat
and gloves.
She even laid down on the floor without prompting so that I could get the pants on her. In case you were wondering, this is not the usual steps involved in getting Tovina ready for the snow. I had thought that the sledding experience had not gone so well, but I now suspect that I misread the expressive T.

Whatever the case, we had a lovely walk up and down our lane. Tovina enjoyed making footprints in the snow.

The suspects:

That's it for today. I'll post some more of our grand adventure tomorrow.

Sledding

(This was suppose to post last week. Not sure why it didn't but I just noticed, so I am posting it today.)
There has been a wee bit of snow in the area recently and we were invited out for some sledding. While she likes walking in the snow, this was Tovina's first sledding experience. A fantastic hill was located and off we went.
Here is Danny and Emma taking the plunge.

And here is Cindy and Brendan after one of their succesful runs.

And here is Tovina enjoying her favorite part of sledding....sitting in the car getting warmed up and eating grapes. We did actually go down twice in a sled. One of those times Emma went with us which was much fun. But twice seemed to be enough for T and not even the lure of kicking snow mounds over could keep her from longingly asking for the 'caaa' (car).

Before we drove away, Emma helped entertain T - Thanks Em!

Then it was back to the house for some quality cousin time which seemed to even beat out grape eating as Tovina's favorite activity of the day - especially when Emma and Brendan let Tovina press the buttons on the computer's keyboard!

Frolicking deer

There was some impressive snow fall the last few days followed by some even more impressive ice which was then followed by more snow. This made the trees around the house look just gorgeous, even if they are weighed down so much that many are actually bent till they are touching the ground.
This also makes the deer particularly easy to spot. This is nice since they have been frolicking in the snow. I thought I had seen deer frolicking before but I was wrong.
Deer can't really properly frolic unless snow is involved.

(Bonus question: Why is frolic with just a 'c' and frolicking with a 'ck'?)

Walking in the snow

I am learning that Cincinnati does not really get much snow. We've had a couple of inches now and then but it only lasts a few days. So that is why we have to make the most of it while it lasts!
Here is T all bundled up and going for a walk. She wasn't sure what to make of the snow at first, but by the time we made it to the street, she was only willing to walk on the snow.In this video you see Tovina, who hadn't made it past the driveway, totally diggin' walking in the snow.