Day 964 | This is Winter

I know I've been posting some pretty beautiful snapshots of winter over the last month (like this one and this one). It's hard to believe, but it's not always as pristine and picturesque. Here's a shot of our house today after rain + snow turned into a mess of slush and ice as it froze and then melted. In case you can't tell, that's about five inches of pooled water at the end of our driveway. Winter is not always the cutest, it turns out.

I did force the boys outside for a bit of fresh air (it was a snow day from school due the ice) and they managed to last about 30 minutes before getting completely soaked. Shout out to Lands End snow pants for keeping Chase completely dry after sledding repeatedly into the slush. Robbe's off-brand snow pants didn't *quite* do the job. Poor little guy. He recovered quickly, though.