Surpise!

Sis woke up this morning, crying "Mommy!" something she hasn't done in a very long time.

Mama molted into her room, where Sis had been scared by a noise outside, as if the gutter was falling off.

Not quite, we realized, as we opened the window: SNOW!

Okay, not really snow, because it is above freezing and all but a very unexpected ice storm that looks like snow. (Actually, Accuweather is now calling it a mix of snow and rain).

So, they coated, mittened, hatted, and booted, rushing outside to play in the first white precipitation of "when we are 5!" The scraped together several snowballs and generally marveled at it all. And it is pretty.

Let the season begin!

Update (7:00 a.m.): It's falling as snow now! Big white chunky flakes. Against the red and yellow leaves . . . .