Snow Clothes, Snow Pics

Snow can be great, it really can.  Getting young kids ready to go out in the snow can be great------ly difficult.  Some people joke it takes more time getting everyone ready than you end up staying out-

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Before my kids put on their snowsuits they demanded to see which suit was bigger, they did not believe me.  Here they are comparing them to see which is longer.
Total time spent: 8 minutes

 Next little lady demanded that I NOT help her put her suit on.
Total time I spent watching her fuss with the suit: 5 minutes

I heard baby girl crawling into the dishwasher and stopped her before she discovered the lone knife that wanted to be washed again.
Total time spent: 3 minutes

Checking back in on little lady, she was putting the suit on backwards.
Total time spent shaking my head with my hands on my hips: 1 minute

Baby girl slipped and bumped her head.
Total time spent giving hugs and calming her down: 2 minutes

Little lady has succeeded at getting that suit on...

...now to get the 100 other necessary articles on. (We were in luck today and able to located all hats, socks and mittens quickly.  Sometimes this is where the not-so-committed-to-the-snow children give up).
Total time spent getting the endless articles on both kids: 8 minutes

Little man told little lady she looked like Aunt Sponge from James And The Giant Peach story.  She was not happy and I had to mediate.
Total time spent: 2 minutes

Running baby girl upstairs to her bed to nap while we are out in the yard.
Total time spent: 1 minute

And we are out the door ladies and gentlemen.  Total time spent to get there: 30 minutes

It is in the 20s today with little wind and sunshine, so not bad at all.  Some snowballs were thrown, lots of snow eaten...
Side note and opinions welcome-  I still have not made snow cream for my kids, I am a little hesitant to even let them eat snow from our area given the really, really bad air quality of the Providence area.  I'm no expert on the matter and wonder how much air quality affects snow contamination or if it is enough to matter???

 No sledding since our sled was froze to the ground the day before the storm and now buried. :(  Oops.
We filled the bird feeder, checked in on the barn cat, threw more snowballs, little lady said her face was cold and went inside (total time she spent outside, maybe 20 minutes).  Little man hung out with me some longer, but snow was too deep for him to walk in, then he went in.  He made it at least 30 minutes.

I then went around and snapped some pictures.
Good thing we got enough firewood in for a week-

Not so welcoming-

This fence is 4' high, snow is at least halfway up it all around the parameter.  This depth held up even after high winds all day.  The snow is very light because its so cold, so nothing is stuck to the trees.

This is where I fell climbing over the fence, true story-

 Empty chicken coop-

Whipped snow in the shed with mouse tracks-

 Some drifts went over the fence (if you can see to the right of the feeder)-

To deep for me to walk through-

 

Questioning what I am doing in thigh deep snow-

Cat tails from the frozen pond, I'm looking forward to hearing the peeping spring frogs-

Last picture of a partially snow covered fence.

Thankful the storm did not damage our area but praying for those on the islands and Cape Cod that are without power in these frigid temps (single digits most nights).