here comes the cold!

my first new york winter was awful. we had weekly snow storms for about two months straight and i was nowhere near prepared for it. the novelty of snow quickly wears off when it's minus 10c outside and you can't feel any part of your body. not that that stopped me from dragging sean out after the first storm - i was adamant that i was going to experience and love my first new york snow! sean was less than pleased, especially as i kept stopping to take photos of him trudging through the snow:

i've since learnt my lesson and now live in perpetual fear of the winter. i was spared last year as we had the mildest winter that even rivaled winter in london, but now that the temperature has dropped here, i'm getting scared again. of course, ellie's been ill all week (thank you, daycare), but that means that we can stay cozy and warm at home with the yummiest of hot chocolates to heat us up. i can get through any winter with this stuff!