Winter?

It has been an odd winter in Buffalo. We are used to a snowy winter, full of snow ball fights, snowboarding, sledding, skating, and hot chocolate somewhere in between. Instead, it has been mild, with little to almost no snow.

Instead of snow, we've had rain. And, lord, do I hate the rain. The boys love to play outside in the snow, even on the coldest of days. They can be out there for hours upon hours until their noses are bright red, building snow forts and battling snow monsters. It's a nice break to get outside during a long winter.

But not this winter. It is a winter of mud. So much mud. And a winter of rain. It has essentially taken my least favorite month (March) in Buffalo and made it last four months. It's not pretty outside and it's not pretty inside. Not only is the mud taking over our lives, but the boys and even the dog don't want to go outside. (Mud battles? No, thank you.) This has made our house seem very, very small and our boys seem very, very loud.

We finally had a week or two of enough snow to get the boys snowboarding and let us get in some sledding. But I have seen the weather forecast, and it's not looking good. March is back. And I don't like it.