Snow

For weeks Josiah had talked about seeing snow at Pa and Grandma's house in Flagstaff, so even though there were only a few icy patches left, he was thrilled with it when we got there! (He did get to see a lot more later when he visited Cowboy and when we went out to the Kaibab forest to cut down a Christmas tree.) Josiah made the most out of the snow in Grandma and Pa's yard and on the trails across the street--he made snowballs, ate it, and made a "bebe" snowman (about three inches tall).


Hiding behind the bushes

Jer, Justin, and Daniel took Josiah on the trails in the forest across from Grandma and Pa's house while the rest of us were cooking on Thursday. We didn't have a lot of winter gear for Josiah, but I did find some boots at a consignment shop--they got good use during this trip! We layered up the clothes, and he wore a pair of too-big gloves Grandma found in her stash. Apparently the gloves didn't stay on long, though, and the guys kept asking if he was cold. He'd staunchly deny it every time. Finally, when they were headed back, he admitted his frozen, red hands were cold! He just didn't want to give up a moment of play in the snow.

 

Thanks, Great-grandma and Great-grandpa for the thick sweatshirt!

Uncle Justin and Josiah

"Eat snow!"

 

I like the progressive shots here--Justin takes aim . . .

. . . and throws!

. . . And now Josiah gets ready to throw a snowball at Justin.

Josiah loved making and throwing snowballs. He doesn't have great aim yet, though. After every attempt he'd say, "That didn't work!"

Climbing in the forest

Josiah keeps adding new words to his vocabulary, expanding his command of sentence structure, and making us smile with his use of language. When we got in the car to come home on Sunday, Josiah climbed into the driver's seat and exclaimed, "What in the world?!" I'm not sure from whom he heard that one!