Lockdown life has been so mundane and boring, and Isabelle and I had been praying for the snow to come. Every night before bedtime, I will always add in "and dear Jesus, please send snow so we can play and build a snowman". Each time Izzy will always tell me "Mummy you need to be patient. You need to wait and we will have some snow."
Indeed, we did have quite a bit of snow last week, when Storm Darcy approached and with it, we had 3 days of on-and-off snow. Woweee, we were so excited and happy, well actually mummy was the happiest. We played mainly on the patio and we built a snowman whom we called Olaf (yes the Olaf snowman in Frozen). Izzy went out everyday to play with the powdery snow and loved it. Gabriel on the other hand, wasn't a fan of the snow (or the cold perhaps) and kept crying whenever we brought him out. That few days were really fun and memorable, and like a friend who texted me, she said the snow was definitely a mood lifter. I couldn't agree more.
Here are some pictures to share. It made us momentarily forget about Covid and lockdown.
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It started snowing for a few hours but it wasn't settling.
Here you see Izzy in her Elsa dress which she absolutely refused to change out of.
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| Yes Elsa, yes |
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| Finally the snow was settling on the ground! |
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| Elsa & Olaf |
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Walking to her childminder's was more fun in the snow, and she insisted on bringing Sophia
Here she was trying to keep Sophia warm with her hands |
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| The snow covered street |
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| Wow look at this - it's the park near our home that we usually go to |
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| Her childminder sent me this photo of them playing out in the garden |
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| Gabriel was napping so I could spend some time playing with Izzy outside |
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Very thankful they have memories such as these.
Well more of Izzy as sadly Gabriel won't remember any of these |
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| Not a fan of the snow. "get me in the house, pronto!" |
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| Whereas Izzy absolutely loves it. Just like mummy! |
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| At the park |
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| It had stopped snowing by then, but the snow had not melted yet, so we had a "sensory table" where Izzy could play with the snow using her play doh modelling tools and some bowls from her play kitchen. |
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| Spotted - a little unicorn playing with snow |
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| Ice kachang anyone? |
Just a week ago we had snow scenes and fast forward a week later, this past weekend we have been having balmy spring temperatures of approx 16deg! How bizarre. So long snow, till we meet again!
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