Winter Wonderland

I just love the look of freshly fallen snow! I love how it all clings to every delicate little branch and turns them long white wispy fingers... Yesterday we woke up to see the beauty in the bright morning light but it wasn't due to pretty, soft snow falling. Everything was covered in ICE. While it was a bummer that Jeremiah couldn't romp around in some fresh powder, the scene made for some really cool pictures that I couldn't resist sharing (especially for all you warm people in CA!)


The ice completely covers each and every part of the branches, kind of like cocoons:




The neighbor's have an evergreen that was not exempt from the icing, each individual needle was covered, it looked really cool!



The icicles were so pretty everywhere, like on this birdhouse:
And this dangling this (I have no idea what it is!) was covered too and looked like some cool jewelry or glass decoration:

School has been out since Monday afternoon (Jane was excited to get out two hours early!). Not sure if there will be school tomorrow either. We got some fluffy snow this morning but it only covered up the glassy ice from yesterday. She's hoping school is cancelled again. It's not enough she got two days off and has a three day weekend coming up? Such a hard life, eh? But it's all good... She and Jeremiah have been having a blast and mommy has been able to sneak in some alone time while they play!

Stay warm!