SNOW in Santa Barbara!!

 Wanna know how to get a smile that won't stop on a 4 year old boy?  Tell him you are taking him to the snow for the first time ever in Santa Barbara!!! Last week we had 80 degree days, and this week we have snow on our sweet little mountains.  It usually happens about once a year here and only lasts a few hours. This time, despite Adam's grumbling, we layered up the kids and headed to Painted Cave before I had to be at work by 11:00.   Owen was SO excited as you can see from the expression on his face.

Oh my, was he giddy!!

 He is now quite the snowball maker/ thrower!

Miss Emily was not quite as thrilled to be thrown into freezing temperatures with no gloves or thermal tutu ; )

Adam handed her a snow ball and she dropped it the second she had it.  She wasn't impressed.

 The winds were strong and the temp was miserably cold...and it was muddy.... BUT we had fun for the short 15 minutes we braved to get out of the car and play!

 That is indeed a tear on Emily's face as she was pleading to go home ; )  This is a California girl I am afraid.  It's in her thin blood.

Owen throwing a snowball at my camera...my expensive camera.... grrr.

Adam grabbed two of Emily's jackets thinking that one of them was Owen's....So Owen ended up having to  wear the inside liner of Adam's snowboarding jacket instead.  He was actually a lot warmer that way anyway.

Another family had built a snow man on the top of their car.  I had my hands too full to think about doing something like that.  Next time...when it's not 200 mph winds! (at least that's what they felt like!)

 Our view from the drive down the mountain.  You would never guess that there is snow 10 minutes away from this picture!  I love my town!

We had such a nice morning.  Next time we will be sure to pick up some warm hot chocolate on our way!