Snow!!!

Washington, DC got hit with almost two feet of snow yesterday - luckily, we were not among the thousands of people whose holiday travel plans got ruined or were counting on another day of Christmas shopping or just needed to be out and about in general. The 3 Tacketts and Abe hibernated in our house all weekend and enjoyed it immensely!

Abe was a little unsure of the snow at first... but it didn't stop him from hunting for cats.
Maya didn't like the snow this time as much as last time, which probably had to do with the fact that the snow came up to her thighs (and this was Saturday morning - by the time it stopped snowing, poor Maya would have been almost shoulder deep!)
We need to get her kid-size gloves.

Our neighbors' car. Fortunately, Jen and Ricardo were able to just walk over for an impromptu dinner party Saturday night.
Our backyard Sunday morning....

Sheridan Street on Sunday morning

We spent a lot of time looking at the "nnnnoooo." (We think that was Maya's attempt to say snow - it may be that she was just letting us know that she didn't want to go out in it).

As we'll be in CA for Christmas, we decided that Sunday morning was as good as time as any to open gifts.
Maya enjoyed playing (i.e., taking all the blocks in and out of the box) with the blocks from the Barnards.
She also had a lovely tea party with the tea set from the Atlanta Klinglers.

Maya loved playing with her new grocery cart from Grandma and Grandpa.
Here she is helping Daddy nap.
The pictures below are from a few weekends ago - we went to a botanical garden in Maryland where they have quite the light display.


We are looking forward to spending a nice loooonnnnggg weekend in snow-free CA!