Spring?!?!? Where?

This was the scene last Saturday outside our front window:



Yes, it had been snowing on Thursday and Friday, but this was actually sleet. Sarah nearly balked at our plans to drive to meet friends for an early dinner. We did anyway.


We met Sophie and Noelle at Lucky Lab. Mark introduced us to baby Ella, only a couple weeks old...



Claire was very curious.

Earlier that morning, before the sleet, we woke to find CeeCee's water dish muddy, with dirty paw prints leading away. I explained to Claire that a racoon had walked up the steps and washed its paws in the dish.



Claire then took her baby doll and showed it the dish and the paw prints, reiterating to the baby what we had just told her.



Of course, no explanation is too important for Claire to stop and smile for a camera.