The First Snow of the Year

 

 

 

 

One of my favorite parts of being a Mom is getting to witness the new discoveries that my children make and watching their excitement when they discover something new or that somethings changed in their little world. Warner gets ecstatic when he discovers anything new. For example, the other day Jaron had left the lid off of our toilet, because he needed to replace a part in there.  Now, I know Warner tends to have a fascination for drains, toilets, and anything that goes in to those two things, but that's besides the point. When Warner discovered the toilet, lid ajar he exclaimed "Mom! You have GOT to come see this!" I quickly ran to see what was the matter, assuming the worst.  I was so relieved when I saw he was yelling not out of shock or fear, but out of excitement and actually sheer joy at the fact that the toilet had so many cool inner workings under that mysterious lid. 

One of the perks of parenthood is getting to watch little humans make new discoveries. And you get to be the one that see's their reaction to that discovery. You get to see their reaction the first time they taste food. The first time they take a step, touch a soft puppy, eat iceceam, or see the inside of a toilet.  

So today, here in Seattle, we had the first snowfall of the year, and while my children have all seen snow before, it is always a very exciting moment when the FIRST snow flakes fall. 

You really would think it was Christmas Day. They wake up their sleepy little heads, look out the window and scream "SNOW!!" They then dawn their snow gear as quickly as they can, forgetting breakfast and any other part of their morning routine as they open the door, and let in that crisp cool draft and tromp off in the yard looking in wonderment at their footprints in the freshly fallen snow. 

After dropping Liv off at school, I should have gotten right to about a billion things on my to-do-list, but instead I chucked it in the trash can and joined the boys outside in the snow.  It felt so good to play with the kids. We built a snowman and made snow angels. Warner and Buster even instigated a little friendly snow fight.  It only lasted about 45 minutes before they were cold and done, but it was the best 45 minutes of my day. 

Sometimes I have to remind myself to throw away the to-do-list and just live a little.