Snow!

This past weekend England got snow! It was probably the best kind of snow - it was beautiful and covered everything but by Monday morning it was fairly well melted. However over the weekend it did of course cause chaos in this country with cancelled flights, closed shops, delays, and lots of traffic problems. We did not venture out anywhere too far but we did take Crosby outside to see what she thought of her first proper snow fall.

Scott tried to put her feet down on the ground so she could (attempt to) walk on the snow (note the Tesco bags covering her Ugg boots!) but as soon as her feet touched the ground, cries began.The view was much better from up on Daddy's shoulders!Scott tried to rekindle his midwestern winter roots by building a full snowman. Crosby & her baby doll were much happier watching this activity from the comfort of our living room on the inside!Our first English snowman - the perfect place to play peek-a-boo!

Baby It's Cold Outside!

This past week we had some cold weather...freezing fog and ice. While there wasn't any snow on the ground, every tree, lawn and fence was white from the ice. It looked like a winter wonderland and was really quite beautiful! I wish I had taken my camera out into the countryside but I did not, so these photos from around our town will have to suffice....

Frozen hedges, trees and yards along a street.

A view of the (somewhat warmer) day when the trees were not as frozen as the next but still white and dense with fog.

And of course my favorite part of the great freeze (haha!) the frozen cobwebs all over our garbage cans!!! The frozen webs were also all along our fences and outside all of our windows. Gross!

Winter Wonderland

We are living in a snowy winter wonderland in our part of the UK right now....a few scenes from this morning: 

It is very picturesque here right with the snow so new and white but BRRR....it's COLD outside! The news reports say this cold bout has been the worst the country has seen in decades.....so glad to be a participant in such history (not quite!). And this country does not handle their snow very well. Our rubbish bins (aka trash cans) are still on our street waiting to be removed. Many other services, schools, trains/planes, businesses and more were just cancelled today. If such behavior would occur in Chicago, we would never have to work or be able to get anything done in the winter months!