First Snow of 2011

While I was at a late work meeting tonight, the first snow of the season started to fall, and fall, and fall. On my drive home I thought about how excited Tristan was going to be about the snow that he has been talking about for weeks, but also how I would miss seeing that excitement because I would be at work tomorrow morning when he wakes up. As a working mom, I sometimes miss those moments that are special mostly to moms. The first snow of the season for my three-year-old was one of those moments I decided was unacceptable for me to miss this year!

I half expected Neil to talk me out of the idea to wake Tristan up to go build a snowman at 10:30pm, but to my great surprise, he thought it was a great idea. Tristan was a little confused when I went in to wake him up, but as soon as I said we would "build a snowman" he popped right out of bed and into his snow clothes. We grabbed our carrot and headed out the door.

In my head I saw him going outside and looking with pure wonder at the snow, the night sky, and all the change that had happened in just a few short hours since he had gone to bed. Instead he walked out, took a quick look around with his tongue out, walked over to make a snowball, and said, "TAKE THAT" while throwing the first snowball of the year. What a funny kid.

We walked up the little hill and built a great snowman in the perfect packing snow and took in the beauty of this first snow that covered everything. I love that first untouched snow of the year. It was a quiet and beautiful evening of great memories! Oh, and he went right back to bed when we came inside. What a great kid! No wonder we like to hang out with him even in the middle of the night!