Snow!

We get four inches and people act like it's the blizzard of the centry. Are people's recollections so short as to forget that we used to have snow like this on the ground all the winter long while I was growing up in the 80's? That it is normal to have snow in winter? And what really gets me are all the morons commenting that "See, global warming doesn't exist!" HELLO! The stupidity of the masses never ceases to amaze me... On the bright side, my son was absolutely enraptured to find so much of it on the ground, he HAD to go out in it as soon as he saw it. So even though he was still in his jammies, I bundled him up in snowsuit, mittens, hat & coat & sent him into the back yard. He stayed out there for a good twenty minutes, which suprised me. When the baby goes down for a nap this afternoon, I'm going to go out with him~ he really wants to have a snowball fight! What a boy, so grown up, where has the time gone?
We made red velvet cupcakes for Valentine's Day, and after I'm done here we're going to decorate them & package them up for family & neighbors. Then we're going to make some valentines to go with them~ it's hard to believe he's old enough to do stuff like this now. It's nice, because my husband "doesn't believe" in Valentine's Day,or Sweetest Day, for that matter. His reasoning is that "he doesn't need Hallmark to tell him when to buy me stuff". Even though we've been together about 7 years, it still kind of hurts my feelings. But now that I have the kids, I can actually look forward to it with some joy again. We have so much fun making things~ he is so very proud of his accomplishments when we finish something together. It is such a joy to see him so satisfied and happy! And so even though my day doesn't include any romance, I can take joy in the beauty of the SUNSHINE glinting off the newly fallen snow, the smiles of my boy, and the sloppy awkward "kisses" from my baby.