These Winter Days

Perhaps it's because we're so warm and snug and cozy in our new little home, but I find I'm enjoying winter this year, more than usual.

(This is N's drawing of "stars" that she made while watching the sun rise the other morning.  I find it hard to discourage her frosty windowpane artwork, even though it leaves fingerprints.)

And despite the fact that the temperature gauge on our van read 5 degrees last Thursday on the way to preschool, I didn't feel grumpy.  I just felt really happy to go home and enjoy another steaming mug of coffee, and watch my girls play happily in their playroom that they love so much.

It kind of makes me wish I had a full-body sweater outfit like C's:

(You realize, of course, that with a crawling baby in the house, it's almost impossible to get a picture without an open messy cabinet in the background, because, well... cabinets are always being opened.  And messied.)

And now, with all our cherubs in bed, I'm off to go snuggle under my own warm comforter in my warm pajamas.  Ahhhh!  Good night and happy winter.