If there is one thing that Emily hopes for every winter, it is snow. For the past few years, she has clung desperately to minor amounts of frost on the car windows, basically the closest we have come to the real deal.
This year was different, though. Emily finally got her wish - actual, real snow. Even better, it fell on a Sunday so she was able to spend the entire day enjoying it (and repeatedly getting soaking wet). She and Abbie were even able to take the sled out. The only downside was that every other kid in the neighborhood did the same thing, so it became hard to keep their distance. That said, she really enjoyed all the usual kid activities - capturing snow flakes on her tongue, using sticks to beat snow off of plants, etc.
Of course, there have been far more days in the 60s this winter than there have been snow days, but that isn't all bad because it makes it more enjoyable for Emily to get outside for her daily PE requirement.
Other than this one day of big excitement, January flew by without much to report. Emily was thrilled when we put up a bird feeder. Both the birds and the squirrels were such fun to watch, but one night we saw a rat on the feeder and that was the end of that. :( When Emily isn't in class, she continues to entertain herself with FaceTime, baking, and endlessly creating characters in Gacha Life.
