Playing in the snow

We've had a ton of snow here this year. Not quite as much as last year, I don't think, but still a lot of snow -- at least in my opinion of Toronto snow.

If nothing else, there's a lot of snow for Alex's first winter compared to for Austin's first winter in 2007 (I'm not counting the fact that he was born in the winter).

Here's Austin on Jan. 26, 2007. Notice in this picture, that there's barely enough snow to cover the grass.And here's Austin and Alex, sitting in almost the same spot on the front lawn, on Jan. 28, 2009:

Austin loves going out and playing in the snow -- his latest game is to climb up the mountain he's sitting on in the picture and then creating a slide onto the driveway. And of course, he insists that Alex slides down too!

We try to get out and do nothing but play in the snow once or twice a week, but it's hard because we've had quite a few very cold days. And even when it's not too cold to play, we don't get out often because Alex gets bored being unable to move much in a snowsuit and Austin doesn't like playing outside by himself for very long. But we still manage -- often when Alex is sleeping in the mornings.

Hope everyone's staying warm.