Tis the Season

Cabin fever has set in and we are only midway through December.  For the last several days our little family has been under the weather.  Runny noses, slight fevers, coughs, and feeling just so tired.  So we stayed indoors, kept things very simple, and watched way too much television.  Standards were definitely relaxed.

On Friday we were feeling much better...and the sunshine and first snow beckoned...and the temperatures were mild and tolerable.  I dressed Gabriel in his snowsuit, tied up my boots, strapped on the Ergo, and walked to the park. It was glorious to be outside in the fresh air. 








It was Gabriel's first time being able to play in the snow.

Cold snow!

They look so cute in their snowsuits!

Playing with ice on the  merry go round.  A free natural toy!

Mama and child.  (Keeping the mittens on was a losing battle)

Our little park is all wintered up

The woods. 

 

 

 

We played at the park for a little while.  Gabriel loved watching a group of kids have a little snowball fight.  It brought to life an illustration in his book Winter.  It is by Gerda Muller and features very sweet illustrations of children playing outside in the snow, ice skating, feeding the birds, making snowmen etc.

Afterward, we walked across the field to the little patch of woods at the edge of the park. We walked through the woods along the little path and came out on the other side of the neighborhoood.  We walked the few blocks back to our house and came inside as it was time to make supper.

The next day I woke up with a heavy feeling in my chest and a sore throat. My congestion was back and I was bone tired again.  I am not sure if it has to do with going outside or if I caught another little bug...but I was down for the count.

Yesterday, we were snowbound in the house.  Sickness and frigid weather and a winter storm kept us inside Sunday and Monday.  I took this picture of our street. 

view from our balcony