WINTER COMES TO THE DESERT

We walked out of Walmart last night to howling wind and fierce rain. By the time we got home (a 30 minute drive), it had turned into snow flurries. Nothing big, but it was flaky, we assumed it would be gone by morning. But by the time we got up this morning, we had snow on the ground. Not much, as you can see in this first picture, you can still see some grass. But the kids LOVED it, they were so excited to go out and build a snow fort and snowman. I gently explained to them that there was not enough snow for such fun. But they said they would do it anyway. So I bundled them up and sent them out. They ended up with a large mound of snow, that they had accumulated from the cars, and every square inch of our front yard, as well as out neighbors. LOL, they had fun, but did not have more than a 3 foot by 6 inch mound to show for it. Oh well, they had a great morning.

Pooh was not too sure about it, he sat bundled up on the sidewalk watching them for about 20 minutes then decided that the snow was too cold and not any fun:-) But he looks so cute all bundled up, I still need to buy him some mittens that fit.