This weekend was our first snow of the season, and it was quite a storm! Â It dumped about eight inches of heavy, wet snow on our neighborhood. Â On Saturday morning, we went out with Griffin for some snow time. Â It was his first time all bundled up in his snow suit, which was awkward, and it was his first time getting cold snow blown into his face by a fierce wind. Â Not surprisingly, he wasn’t very happy. Â But we did manage to build a messy snowman. Â On Sunday, we tried again. Â Without the wind, Griffin was much more excited, though he was still hesitant to walk through the snow (he kept falling down — not used to lifting his feet so high). Â But he was very brave, and we spent nearly two hours exploring the snowy landscape at our nearby park. Â (He even hurtled down one of the slides head-first, ending up with a face full of snow, and laughed the whole time!) Â Another kid offered to share his sled, but we weren’t quite ready for that. Â When we got home, I introduced him to one of the very best things about winter: a warm mug of hot chocolate!