Winter here in Ithaca

was hard this year. I tried to stay positive and get out and enjoy the snow when we could. It helped that we had a sled so we could use that for some fun. It also helped to have friends that enjoy playing in the snow. We visited Margaret, Jenny and Daniel a couple of times a week during snowy weeks for outside play. Here are some pictures of the field behind our house during a particular snowy but SUNNY week. The fresh snow looked so desolate and alien planet like. While Norah slept one afternoon Kenney and I invented a few new games out in the snow. We did snow angels in the crunchy snow, stepped out a message for dad to see when he came home later that day and scooted chunks of snow across the icy covered snow until they broke. We had a good time and it was so nice to see the sun.