Family Flashback- First Snow

It is hard to believe that the same boy that got up at 6:30 this morning and played out in the snow for 3 hours didn’t always like the snow…

Zack was so excited when he woke up that morning in 1994 and saw snow out the window! He put on all his snow gear and we headed out to Grandpa and Grandma’s to play with Uncle Frank and Aunt Theresa.

wearing his new hat that Aunt Amy sent him from Euro Disney

Unfortunately, he wasn’t nearly as excited about being out in the snow…

He did NOT want me to put him down! (oh, and check out the sweet giant video camera…)

But just like all good parents who meet with some resistance when we want our children to do things that we know they’ll like if they just give it a chance (much like eating veggies), we didn’t give in…

He cried every time his boots hit the snow…

Uncle Frank felt sorry for him and held him while we went next door to cut our Christmas tree.

notice the “I’m still not happy” face

Not to be deterred, we finally found something he liked…

    Well, at least he stopped crying…

Then we decided to kick it up a notch…

We knew he’d like it eventually… But don’t go too fast, Daddy! Don’t worry… they were barely moving but poor Uncle Frank got tired of pulling them both around the yard! :o)