A Cold Fall Weekend

 Oof, Mother Nature is not giving up on this winter weather crap. We had another cold, snowy weekend although this time the snow did not accumulate to much. I think we set the record for the snowiest October ever, though. I guess if it's going to snow, we might as well set a record. We still have snow cover on our lawn but it should be gone by the weekend as the temps will warm to the 40-50s, right in time for Halloween!

On Friday, Pablo's Halloween costume arrived! It took some convincing to get him into it, but once he tried it on, he was in love. As you'll see from our weekend photos, he wore this costume A LOT so we are going to get our money's worth!

Saturday was a low key day for us. I had a number of painful flares - they just won't let up! So I did a whole lot of icing. I did treat myself to lattes on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday morning, I enjoyed my latte with a warm kitty on my lap. She doesn't sit on me very often so when she does, I really soak it up. We also had our weekly facetime chat with my parents which I always look forward to!

Pablo spent a lot of time in his cozy dino costume. He ended up gathering all of his dino books so we read them together on the couch. He also played with this barn set from my parents so much. 

I also got some cuddles from my little dinosaur.

On Sunday, the flare in my knee was finally feeling better so we braved the temps (felt like 19F with the windchill) and the lightly falling snow and walked to the park. We had the whole place to ourselves thanks to the weather! Paul was in heaven. I will say that this trip to the park ended on a very sour note as he threw an epic tantrum when we left. I set a timer when we are at the park and he knows that when the timer goes off, it's time to go home. But yesterday he was not cooperative. So he screamed and cried for the whole 20 minute walk home - and refused to wear his mittens. :( Keeping warm clothes on littles is the worst part about winter, in my opinion. 

The rest of the day was spent inside since it was just not pleasant outside! On Sunday night, I pulled out the photo book from Paul's first year of life. We've decided not to hire a newborn photographer as we want to limit the number of people coming into our house after the baby is born. A good friend's husband is great at taking photos, though, so he will capture some detail shots for us. So I took pictures of all the newborn spreads to give him an idea of the kind of photos we want. It's hard to believe that Paul was ever this small and that we'll have another babe to cuddle in our arms in just over 5 weeks!

At the end of the night, I captured this sweet photo of Paul reading a book to himself. He was counting the cars on the page and saying what color the cars are - those are questions I ask him when we read this book. I'm so glad he loves books as much as we do!!

 How was your weekend? Is it unseasonably cold and snowy where you live?