I hate winter. When I’m in the middle of it, I hate winter. It’s cold. It’s dark. It’s BLAH. I don’t get out of the house often enough, I miss the fresh air and sunshine, and I hate the freezing temps. When it’s winter, I’d pack up and move south in a second.
::Sigh::
But when it’s not winter? I love it. I can’t wait for the holiday season to kick it off. I love my jeans and getting cozy in a hoodie or sweater. I love leggings and boots. I love nights in front of the fireplace. I love cuddling under blankets with my kids.
And ohhhh, my kids. THEY love winter! So I love winter! The snow is just something magical to them; I don’t think I could ever leave and miss seeing them play in the snow.
Ryan’s first winter was when he was teeny tiny, being born 2 days after Christmas! So this was really his second winter… but the first he got to play in!
Ryan’s 1st birthday
Snowstorm 2011
Snowstorm 2011: we couldn’t leave the house
Ryan’s first real winter to go sledding, make forts and snowmen, and have fun! Winter 2012
In the last photo above, taken just a few weeks ago, I sat on the window seat in our kitchen table and just stared out the window. I stared at the footprints all over our backyard and was filled with overwhelming happiness… those itty bitty feet… our home… our family… my baby boy.
And that’s why I love winter <3
I really like this idea of looking at winter through the years… it’d be a cute idea to save a couple of photos of each child from every winter season and put them on a DVD. Then do it with each season for a whole set! OOoooo, too cute. YesVideo’s photo and video transfer services would be a super easy way to do that and preserve these sweet memories. I’ll be getting one of their DVDs soon so I’ll let you know how it turns out!
What are your memories of winter?
oh and before we had kids… it was this, lol
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Holy smokes you guys got a ton of snow in 2011!! How scary that must have been?
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January 16th, 2013 at 4:29 pm
Ha — actually kind of cool. It was my day off work so I was okay, but my husband had to sleepover at his work because he couldn’t get home!! I eventually managed to open the front door and shovel a tiny path to the car, but that’s as far as I got. We paid someone to come over and plow our driveway! Biggest snowfall I can ever remember.
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I am NOT a fan of winter. I hate it! But I do love the Christmas Season and I LOVE curling up in a blanket with a nice mug of hot chocolate. So I guess you could say I like some aspects of winter.
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I like winter, and snow. but not too much snow, and not too cold. The snow is so pretty,but I’m not fond of it in the way of driving.
The kids do have fun in the snow, and then there is bundling them up each time, that take forever!
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I love winter but then again I am a skiing fan! I do like when it is a warm winter though.
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What a cutie! I remember living in the snow. Stay warm and Happy Wednesday!
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I do not like winter…not even a little bit. Love living here from May-Oct, but Nov through April I could happily live in a warmer climate
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I love Winter in NY not really here. We barely get any snow here in Virginia because lately it’s been too warm to snow so it just rains and then it’s still cold.
When it does snow here I make sure to go snap a couple of photos! Which reminds me I have some to share!
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I’d probably like winter more if it snowed here. For us, winter is just really cold weather, but it’s still sunny outside.
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That last pic of the cat had me cracking up — it reminded me of that “not impressed” meme, only with a cat, LOL. Anyway, I had a love/hate thing with winter when I lived up there. I would have been happy to have snow from Thanksgiving through New Year’s and then have it all melt. The dirty snow piled everywhere until March makes me nuts though. Here in Dallas we’ve gotten snow at least one day each winter since we moved here and the kids LOVE it. Oliver keeps asking for snowballs (to throw at me) and then gets all sad when I tell him the snow all melted. I DO love pics of the kids in the snow and how much fun they have when it’s here.
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Great pics! I have a hate love relationship with winter too! Lol it’s all pretty when it snows and stuff but I wish winter only lasted a few weeks haha
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I’m not a big fan of the cold, probably because I live in GA and am not used to it. We might get one little snow storm a year, if that.
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