Winter fun!

This winter has had really odd weather, especially for Maine. Winter, as defined by me, is supposed to have temperatures consistently below the freezing point and snow banks high enough to make turning corners difficult. While this has happened about a hundred miles north of us, it did not happen in our part of the state. Instead we had temperatures bouncing between twenty-five and forty on a regular basis, and while we did get snow, we more often got rain and sleet at the same time killing our snow banks. Unfortunately the weather made it really hard for Seth to spend as much time outside as he would have liked the last couple months because it was either raining or too cold most days. He did get to spend time sledding with his cousins a few times and small pockets of time at home to explore the snow before freezing to death. Yesterday we had a beautiful spring day and we decided to take advantage of it and bring Seth outside to make his first snowman! He had a blast, though he had more fun throwing the snow than he did building the snowman. He also ran around the house several times and went on a sled ride with Daddy. Little Man is definitely dealing with some cabin fever so hopefully the fresh air did him some good. After coming back inside we decided to go visit the neighbors who had just gotten home from school. Seth then got to spend even more time outside playing with his friends! He walked around their house, went on a sled ride there, and learned how hard it was to walk in deeper snow. He actually lost a shoe and then got scared when he had trouble climbing up the hill because he was sliding. After spending some time playing inside with his friends and learning a little bit about sharing, we came home and had dinner. After dinner was bath and bed and Seth went right to sleep. I'm sure he was dreaming about snowy days and fun with friends. :)