Snow!

We were prepared for what we thought would be a cold, rainy day. Ben and Abby were having a lot of fun playing with the train set together.

I'm not sure who likes it more at the moment! Abby will push the train in and out of the tunnel whether Ben is playing or not.

Then I looked out the window and realized it was snowing! This is a big deal in southeast Texas because I can count on one hand the number of times it has snowed here.

Ben was really interested in the cold stuff falling into his hands. This was about 3pm and obviously nothing was sticking on the ground but it was fun to watch.

An hour or two later, it was still falling and getting cold enough to accumulate on the leaves just a bit. Ben insisted on pushing his cart in the driveway and I had to laugh because it was a far cry from our usual hot outings in Singapore with the shopping cart! He said "don't like snow!" because when the wind blew it in his face he understood what cold means.

By dinnertime, it was stacking up enough for Ben to take notice. Then everything quit so I forgot all about it because the forecast didn't really look promising for any more snow.

Just before I went to bed I happened to look out the window and saw big flakes drifting down and a blanket of white covering everything outside. It was just beautiful.

Only Houstonians would understand that this is a LOT of snow!

The white dusting covered everything outside and the temperature was hovering right at freezing.

I had hoped Ben would wake up to this winter wonderland this morning but it never dropped below 32 F last night and it was just warm enough to melt nearly everything.

So at least Ben got to see his first snow, whether he remembers it or not, and it looks like it will be warm enough for shorts again by the weekend. I love Texas :)