SNOW, Paint and Pooh-Kaka

On Friday night it snowed about 6 inches in Vancouver. When Greta woke up around 7am we deviated from our usual routine of play-breakfast-play-outing and instead went straight for the outing. I didn't want her to miss any of this snow! She and I were out before 7:30 and the streets were quiet and beautifully covered with snow. Not long after we were out she decided to get a little closer to this strange, cold stuff (I don't think we got much snow at all last year...)
Brrrr!!! And yes, she says this :-)
And how will it feel on my face? Brrrr!!
It looks like she's getting ready for a snowball fight!
This picture is adorable!
There were a couple dog-walkers out and about, as well as a woman taking photos at our park down the street--she was kind enough to snap this shot of us.
Trekking up the hill in the snow.
And running down the hill under the tree! Greta did this many times, happily squealing "Run!!!" each time!
We went out a couple more times that day. She helped me build a tower of snowballs, prompting me with "Tow!" (for tower) and "Mo!" (for more). By our third outing, though, the sun had started to go down and she was a bit too cold. She did get a special ride through the park on a little boy's sled before the evening was through, though--and we got to see a beautiful full moon in a clear, cold sky. What a fun snowy day we had!
Painting with watercolors. Quite the artiste.
These are new to her, and she loves them.
This is Greta's "smile for the camera" face, nice and up close :-)
She loves Pooh-Kaka. Here she has her little plastic pooh kissing her fuzzy, snuggly pooh. She has one other pooh toy and often carries around all three at once saying sweetly "Pooh-Kaka"!