Sunday, January 3, 2010

Snow day!

Last week, it snowed on Tuesday evening! Although it only snowed about 1.5 inches, it brought the entire city of Portland to a standstill because Portlanders are not used to it and because the city does not have enough snow removal equipment. Plus, there was no warning--the weathermen were forecasting rain and many people got caught in rush hour traffic.

Although the snow created gridlock in the freeways, it made Eliana very excited. Since Daddy had the whole week off, he was able to take her "outside" (which is maybe her favorite word?)

The snow started falling at about 3pm...

Trying to catch the snow on her tongue? Not sure where she learned this...


When she's outside, she has to go on her bike.Later in the evening, it had stopped snowing and we went out again. Pushing a stroller is kind of hard in the snow.
So is riding a bike. Daddy had to push it and in the process worked up a sweat.
And she had a moment of quiet reflection, meditating on life, world peace, and other things.


The next day, we went out to check out what was left of the snow. By midday, most of it was gone.

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