through the eyes of a child.

It's winter- well supposedly.  We haven't had a hard winter, with only a few occasions of snow accumulation.  Every time it did cover the ground, though, we were out and about sledding and crunching our boots across the white terrain.  No one is complaining that we haven't had a winter that leaves us frost bitten and numb to idea of sunshine, but when the flurrying flakes of wonder topple we do enjoy that too.   

Having children seems to take the bitter edge off certain things like frozen toes and blue lips when it involves sledding down a hill at top speed holding on for dear life to a piece of breaking plastic only to hope you can live long enough to climb the steep hill to do it all over again!   

This morning, it was white and warm.  An unlikely combination!  Cupcake wanted to explore the new layer of fluff and check out the pineapple trees.  Now, we don't have pineapple trees of course, but we do have PINE trees!  Close enough.  She wanted to touch the branches of the covered plants and was really surprised at the green hidden beneath.  

 But not nearly as surprised as she was when she discovered she could see her breath!  Never noticing this before, she was excited!  Taking deep breaths and trying to focus on the "smoke" coming from her mouth was priceless as she went cross-eyed trying to get a better view.  Her views of life keep things in a better perspective to everyone she's around.

Amazed at herself!