January- Past and Present

In case you didn't read Coley's post about the "Crazy" Christmas, we are having an unseasonably warm winter in Rochester this year.  To give you an idea of how strange winter is for us this year, I've included pictures of January past and present.... 

January 2010

You know it is really bad when the GIANT snowplow gets stuck in front of your house. 

January 2011

Abby had a great time playing in the snow with her Daddy.  She loved being pulled around in the sled. 

January 2011 continued

Having enough snow to build a snowman was not a problem at all.

Then next few pictures are from January 2012- now.  We are not complaining at all, but we find the weather just a bit strange for Rochester, NY in January. 

Abby has really wanted to make a snowman this winter, but we have not had enough snow on the ground to build one.  A couple of days ago, Coley swept the little bit of snow we had on the deck in order to build a little snowman.  It took pretty much all of the snow to build a snowman not even as tall as Michael (who is 15 months old).  That night Abby asked if her snowman would be there in the morning.  We didn't make any promises, but we told her it probably would.  Well.... we were wrong. 

 This is what the weather has been like since building the snowman.  Is that really Coley outside without a coat washing cars in Rochester in JANUARY?  Yes.



And this is Abby's snowman.