Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind!

With a deep sense of dread, I have been waiting for the winters of Michigan. For about six months now, I have wondered: What will I do when it snows out and I'm stuck indoors with the baby?  Where will I go when it's freezing cold outside?  I hate the cold -- how will I endure the winters of Michigan?

Well, I should have just taken a chill pill (as my 8th-grade self would have said).  First of all, for myself, there is no need to fear being cold.  I don't take buses or the subway anymore, so there is really no extended standing-outside-in-the-freezing-cold times like I had in Seoul for the past three years.  Second, I am always carrying at least 30 pounds around, and let me tell you, that warms you up. And finally, it's gorgeous here in the snow!

See for yourself:

Good morning, white world!  Finley was fascinated with the snow. (But not so fascinated that he didn't cry when I put him in it in our back yard later that day). 

bushes 

berries

porch

Here's the kicker, too: people are used to cold weather, and there is plenty to do with a baby.  Heck, just letting him crawl all over the bookstore in town is good enough for both of us on a cold, snowy afternoon.