Snowy

Our second day here started out clear, but it started to snow after breakfast. It doesn't really show in these pictures, but it snowed like it was pouring rain (but snow). Amy wasn't sure she wanted to go out and play in that stuff, but we got her suited up anyway and headed into the backyard to check it out.

We got a snow suit from Anna. What the heck is a snowsuit? When she gave it to us in Tucson, I was pretty sure it would never be cold enough to wear it. It's like puffy overalls with elastic feet and a puffy jacket. Turns out, it's the perfect thing to wear in wet snow. Duh. Amy skidded her little feet around in tracks and said she was skiing. Then we threw snowballs at the garage. 

The next day the snow was melted, so we took a walk. This is Quinn Lake. It's a lake, but it's only separated from the Boise river by a little berm. It was partially frozen and the icy part was covered with gulls, ducks, and geese. They made me cold to look at them. I have to bring a better lens to get pictures of them. New home, new birds! The ducks on the frozen lake reminded me of Laura Ingalls (what doesn't?) She told a joke about a lake that froze so quickly that the ducks were still in it and it froze around their feet. The ducks flew away bringing the lake with them.

This is a little bike bridge over the river. In the summer, Rob can ride his bike over this bridge to get downtown to work. Not a bad commute, huh? Amy and I are getting a baby bike seat this weekend so we can explore the Greenbelt too.