Winter Wonderland {in March!}

It is very likely that my family was the one & only family in the entire Chicagoland area yesterday who were excited to wake up to another covering of snow. The latest fall was thick & beautiful & stuck to the trees, creating a “Frozen” wonderland. The above is my Pumpkin-Poos celebrating the latest blizzard & our “quaint” little home.

I took Pumpkins & her bestie to one of our favorite places: Willowbrook Wildlife Center to see how the owls were liking the snow & it was sooooo beautiful. We were the only ones there!

After kindergarten drop off, I headed to the Morton Arboretum to take a hike & snap some photos. It was so gorgeous & quiet & yet I felt so guilty not having my family there, so after piano we headed on over & hiked till dusk. One of our favorite old Ranger Rick magazines had a story called “Strange Tracks” & so every time we are out in fresh snow, we search for “strange tracks” & this time we found some coyote tracks which led right to “our” Burr Oak tree! We were the first human tracks in all of that snow! SO COOL! We then spotted the coyote in the forest chasing what we think was a rabbit (as we also found bunny tracks) & so we tried to track them both down, but did not. What an adventure!

I LOVE that my children truly have an awe of nature and that we continue to teach them to respect the earth, conserve, and appreciate it’s beauty. God is so amazing at His handiwork.

Grace & Peace,

Julie