White Christmas

It feels a little weird to me that Christmas is right around the corner and it was 79F today in Texas (the girls were outside riding bikes without coats!). But I am ok with it because I did get one day of a White Christmas in Calgary earlier this month, and that's good enough for me. :) It didn't snow until the day before we left, but it probably snowed 6 inches that day! And then I got to fly home and not deal with the messiness and the hassle that snow brings. Perfect. :)

As much as I dislike the snow and cold, I do think a heavy snowfall like this is one of the most beautiful sights. My favorite are the bare trees that look like they're frosted with snow. And then the Christmas lights illuminating the snow. So pretty!


The girls of course loved the snow. We got to dress them up in 100 layers: snow suits, hats, gloves, extra socks, boots, and extra of every item of clothing that they were already wearing (this is why right now, I'm glad to not be a Mom of young kids, living in a place where it snows....), and they went outside twice that day to build a snowman, make snow angels and jump in the snow...oh, and eat it of course. Yummy! Afterward we went inside for hot chocolate. This is a favorite childhood memory of mine!

Ironically,
It snowed when I was in Canada last May...and then I spent the first 8 days of this trip wondering if we were even going to get to see any snow in Canada in December....and then the day after I arrived back home, it snowed here in Texas!!