Wintry mix

This morning we were greeted by 3 inches of beautiful snow that came quietly in the night.  What a welcome sight to wake up to after spending most of the night on the couch with the babe (the small babe) because she has her first real cold and can't seem to stay asleep laying down.  Our first real snow of the year!  Claire was not a fan of going through the process of being bundled up, but she was interested in the snow and was a champ as I shoveled our side walkway while wearing her in the mei-tai.  Next time, I will be sure to wear her on my back when shoveling snow, not on the front.  Seems like common sense, but it just sorta happened that way.  Silly mama.

Mike stuck to his plan of fencing in an area for the hens today, and Wolfie "helped" by digging around the sides of the chicken tractor.  I think Mike must have given him the wrong location for where to dig the post holes.  Surely he's not trying to get to the hens.  The ladies now have about 300 square feet to explore and scratch around.  Once they get up the nerve to step out into their new yard, that is.  Such chickens.

We headed to town to pick out our Christmas tree today but it turns out the tree guys don't do business on Sundays.  There are a lot of unopened places on Sundays in the South, but we figured 2 weekends before Christmas we'd be in luck.  That's alright, another time.  We ended up browsing in a couple of the open shops and got some hot chocolate and biscotti at the local coffee shop.  Living in a touristy town, I actually quite appreciated the mostly deserted streets of Black Mountain on a Sunday.

And now I'm off to check on the soup that has been simmering in the crock pot all day.  Ahhhh, Winter~ I'm learning to embrace you more and more each year!

Some scenes from the day:

Wolfie keeping an eye on things~












our resident bully getting a taste of snow~

little one at the window~