SNOW!!!!!!

This is Dan. Let's see if I can write a post that will not stir parental worry! :) Look! Elena is wearing Shoes, Mittens, Snow Pants, she is very warm and out enjoying the snow this morning. She ate cereal for breakfast and slept through the night. Her diaper was recently changed. Psychologically she is loving life.

I bought her mittens for 40% off the clearance price sale!

(I uploaded the photo's as originals large size for Grandparent's sake for reproduction.)

The days are short,
The sun a spark
Hung thin between
The dark and dark.

Fat snowy footsteps
Track the floor,
And parkas pile up
Near the door.

The river is
A frozen place
Held still beneath
The trees' black lace.

The sky is low.
The wind is gray.
The radiator
Purrs all day. - John Updike, "January"