A sad thing that happened yesterday was that the snow bear.. well, changed:
It's interesting stuff, this snow. One minute it's everywhere, magical and crisp, and gleaming in the daylight. And the next, with just a slight change in temperature, there are slushy puddles everywhere and snowbears lose their facial features. Another new thing for me is falling snow. Yesterday I learnt that huge clumps of it can slide down from the tops of trees and buildings. With apparently not much warning.
We've a lot to learn, because this is our first experience of living with snow. The town we come from in New Zealand is known for being the 'Sunshine Capital' of the country. So I'm not sure if we'll ever need all this excessive snow gear when we return home again one day. I had no idea that children needed two different kinds of gloves for snowplay- regular snow gloves, and then another, extra-waterproof pair over those?... For kindergarten, Arlo needed a special hat that is waterproof and clips around the chin. And a special type of zip-up neck warmer thing instead of a scarf. All that under his double-layer snowsuit. You can see why we've been teasing Arlo about dressing like an astronaut lately.
Something very exciting that happened yesterday (apart from snow falling on my head) was that I won Shannon's competition. Thank you Aunty Cookie! I am pretty excited about that. I don't think I've ever won anything before, and quite frankly I can't think of anything nicer to win.
