It might have taken moving away from Pennsylvania and that region’s seemingly endless onslaught of Snow days to make me love snow days again. It helps that where I live now I’m not fined for not scraping every inch of snow and ice off of my sidewalk (even if the snow is going on all day and do scrape it twice that day...) and we haven’t had enough snow here to require a serious shovel to dig our car out in the morning. So basically with our recent snowfall I get all the perks–a sugar crystal dusted world–without most of the drawbacks. It still is quite cold and the sidewalks are slippery, but still I wake up each morning peeking out the window and hoping for fresh flakes. Even taking these pictures there was a palpable mood shift as snowflakes began to dance down on us and gain momentum. The first snow day of the year takes you back to being a kid again when those flurries mean cancelled classes and a day spent building snowmen and sledding down your neighborhood hills. Since snow is not as common here we really set out to make the most of our fleeting bit of white with several walks through the nearby park and even a few sledding adventures. I have my fingers crossed for even more before Christmas!