20 Minutes

"Let's go play out in the snow!"  Abram yells as he runs about the house.  He has been impatiently waiting all day (while we babysat a newborn.)

I know how this goes....30 minutes to get ready, find our snow clothes, mittens that work for him, extra socks, boots, scarves, hats, sleds, shovels, and so on.  Then, we will play outside for all of...umm...lets say... 20 minutes at the most. 

It was snowing cats and dogs.  Abram insisted on shoveling snow.

Then we have to disrobe in the mud room, throw the snow clothes in the dryer, clean up the floor from all of the snow that was tracked in, and then to finish off our mission, make hot cocoa and a warm snack (like cookies.)  All for playing outside in the snow for 20 minutes.



Only in Minnesota.

"A lot of people like snow.  I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water."  ~Carl Reiner