Winter bliss

The wind was blowing, BLOWING, and blowing...the temperature was about 13 degrees, but our girls could not wait to go outside to play together! They turned the sandbox into their own rink(with boots), the snow fort into a slide as the snow is frozen and very slippery, the trampoline into a holding area for an "ice collection," and they giggled the whole time. I watched intermittently while making dinner and smiling. The tidbit that I left out was that Harper did not want to go out much of the day due to how cold it was....but, when her sister came home, she was eager to go play with her. They have been playing so well together; lately, I can't help but watch and feel warm fuzzies. During this outing, Harper slipped and hurt her side, but she did not call for me, she looked to her sister who quickly came to her rescue with a hug and a kiss, and off they continued. It was a great celebration of winter, and I loved having to call them in to dinner...it felt so comfortable, so motherly, so old fashioned to force your children in from the cold!