What's that in the sky??

Snow my friends, and lots of it...



Last January Ruth Ann was about 6 weeks old when we got a very light dusting of snow. So light in fact that by the time she woke up from her morning nap it had already melted, so I have no pictures to prove she saw snow that day. However, Friday officially counts as her first real snow day. The snow started around 3pm and fell continuously until after dark. The weather forecasters were cautious in their predictions and estimated we would have around 2 inches...we blew past that by 5pm. This morning we woke up to this in our front yard...



Here's the view from our front porch...



And down the street...



Of course we had to go out to take some pictures. I have spent a lot of time preparing Ruth Ann's closet to suit any and all her weather related needs...but I forogt to include snow clothes...who would have thought a child born and raised in South Carolina would need snow gear. I guess an arguement could be made that she really doesn't "need" snow gear since the snow only stuck around for 24 hours but maybe her reaction to the snow would have been different had her mother clothed her properly...



Things started off on a good note...I think she was still warm from being inside by the gas logs. Notice how high the snow is on the rocking chair. This was first thing in the morning before the sun hit the front of the house...I still can't believe how much snow we got!

After some shots close to the porch I wanted to put Ruth Ann right in the middle of the action...



She stood there fine, but then sat down to have a closer look at the snow...this also marks the beginning of the end of our day in the snow...







But I wanted to get one last picture sitting in our favorite rocking chair...but Ruth Ann really didn't want to have any of this nonsense. She was ready to go inside to wait for Summer to arrive so she can go swimming at Grammy's house...her Southern blood is too thin for this weather! I can't say I blame her a bit!



But Ruth Ann wasn't the only blond at our house who didn't appreciate the snow...



He watched all the action from the porch and hasn't ventured into the yard since last night.



This was a far as we could get him to go down the steps...



So now all the McCarty's are warm and snuggly inside watching the snow melt away. The point of the post...the McCarty's (the 2 legged and 4 legged members of our family) are summer people. We like the beach, afternoons at the pool and weekends at the lake. Although the snow was pretty to look at...I'm glad it doesn't hang around for more than a day.