Brrrrr! Winter has Arrived Early

Mother Nature has been very... confused throughout the month of November. The first few days of November saw temperatures in the 20's and then two weeks later the snow began to fall and has been falling every day since. Today is the first day since last Saturday that it has not snowed here. My snow tires still aren't on my car and some of Mason's outdoor toys are still in the backyard buried underneath heaps of snow. (Unless we get a thaw they will stay there until spring.)
Mason was outside playing in the leaves a week and a half ago.This picture was taken this morning in the backyard however our backyard has looked like this since last Sunday.Mason likes to be pulled around in the sleigh but doesn't like to actually be in the snow. I took him out of the sleigh and sat him in the snow and the tears were almost immediate. I guess it will take a bit of time.He doesn't like the immobility of winter clothes. I set him down at the foot of our stairs because he normally like to climb up them. As you can see from the picture, it just wasn't happening!

The snow does help with putting me in a Christmas mood. Next weekend we will take Mason to the Santa Claus parade and will put the Christmas tree up. Can't wait to see how he reacts to the big guy and also to the Christmas tree. When we drive home from daycare it is dark now and I have started to point out the Christmas lights to Mason. He gets really excited and says "Oohhh!" while pointing out the window. It's really cute. He also likes to point out traffic lights and we spend most of our drive commenting on the red lights (they mean "stop") and the green lights (they mean "go"). I never realized how many stop lights there are on my drive to and from work but now that I have my backseat driver I am well aware. Hee hee!