The Mild Winter of 2012

This is a dangerous blog post title. Tempting mother nature seems silly. If we end up with three feet of snow next week, you can blame me.

The winter of 2011-2012 has been delightfully mild. Many of the days have hit highs in the 40s, and snow has been the exception rather than the rule. It seems like I only scrape the ice on my windshield about half the time.

On one of these mild days, Mary thought it would be fun to try Mimi in the backyard swing. When Thomas was in the "month" ages, he was pretty cautious. He eventually came to enjoy the swing, but it took a little while. Mimi was more like our other kids. Pretty fun until it gets a little too high, and then it takes her breath away.