The Learning Umbrella

Today we had enough snow for Carbon to actually get out and really play in it. It's the first time that he's been old enough to really enjoy snow when we've had it, and he had a blast. We woke up to a winter coat over everything, Noel went into work an hour late, and we went out and made a snowman, threw some snowballs, and then let the boy explore however he wanted to. I'll have to clean the patio door and windows again, because he threw so much snow mixed with sand from his sandbox on it. Oh well, it was fun anyway. We watched the Eyewitness Video: The Artic and Antarctica today, and Carbon was enthralled by images of the poles and all the snow there.
And we had a very large and flamboyant blue jay visit our bird feeder, which was also an exciting happening for the day. After watching the bird for awhile, I helped Carbon find a picture of it in our bird field guide.