As the snow came drizzling down, first light, then dark (oh no!! not really 'dark' 'dark', snow is white—Snow White of course!)..It's just that after 'light' I immediately thought of 'dark' and typed it out...er...whatever...let me start again!
As the snow came drizzling down, first light, then faster, then harder, as the snowflakes pelted into the ground, my mum came rushing into my room and exclaimed- "WAKE UP! It's snowing outside!" I muttered "Yeah, OK" and only shifted my head to avoid the light filing through the window above my head. "It can't be snowing in Austin, you see?" That's what I thought in my half-sleep state.."It must be a light rain-shower, icicles or sleet or god-knows-what! It can't be really snowing, in the true sense of the word because Merlin's beard! This is TEXAS and it bloody doesn't snow here!!" (OK, forgive the Merlin's beard part of it, I agree it was a bit overdramatic—it is the Harry Potter influence of course; those of you who have read him would know that..I am currently suffering from a fresh bout of Potter Mania as I told you in my earlier update)
Anyways, I muttered to myself about how the last time around the stupid weatherman had predicted snow in Austin, and said there would be about 3-4 inches of it..finally what happened? Hold your breath.....Hola! we got 3-4 centimeters (or wait, was it millimeters?) of snow and it wasn't exciting to say the least! So wisely indeed, I thought I should stay in bed for some more time and ignore the voices coming through from the other room, voices full of excitement and voices that were now exclaiming "Vihaan, see there—snow! snow! Snow is falling!"....grrrr...I din't care about the 'snowing' and decided it was best that I got on with my 'snoring' (OK, that last one here was a joke; but of course, I don't snore!!) ;)
When I had waited for ten minutes, or maybe fifteen, I couldn't take it anymore and felt around for my glasses...I said to myself, "I must see what this fuss is all about!" Sitting up in my bed I pulled the blinds apart a teeny-weeny bit to peek at the main street just outside my window... AND....
It was snowing, I mean really 'snowing,' I mean there were snow flakes that were clearly visible to the eye and I could see that almost half of the little green stretch just under my window was already covered under a white cloak, and the main street—the main street was also wet from the melting ice and the garden across—that was surely looking 'whitewashed' to say the least!!! Yes, my dears, it was surely snowing in Austin! Now wonders never cease, do they?
I jumped out of bed to find my family with their noses stuck to the window glass and joined them in admiring our first real snowfall together! Vihaan was surely excited, and he kept saying "raindrops, look raindrops" and we kept correcting him "snowflakes, see snowflakes!"
My mum and I put on our wintry clothing (read: a pair of socks, some gloves and something that has a hood to cover our heads) and amidst a scuffle, tried to get Vihaan to agreeably put on his three layers of jackets and tee shirts and slip on his gloves too! Oh, and did I mention my bhabhi had already returned home from work and decided to get us all going into the fun? She told me to get the camera while she asked Vihaan to 'please co-operate' (grrrr) and "Get Some Warm Clothes On!!" first before he could get his hands into the '(s)no'! Yes, Vihaan cannot pronounce any words that combine an 's' with anything—be it an 'm' or an 'n' or a 't' or an 'h'..So as far as my charming little lad is concerned, 'snow' is just 'no' and 'small' is just 'mall' and 'straw' is just 'raw'..I have been getting him to say 'small shoes' almost 5 times a day and he keeps repeating 'mall soos' after me...tsk tsk!
Nonetheless, with Vihaan already suffering from a terrible cold and slight fever raging within his tiny body, we had to keep our snow-game minimal and did not venture out much farther than the porch..It was still fun! After spending a few minutes getting used to the biting cold outside and the snowflakes that were dousing our hair and clothes, Vihaan could manage to keep his eyes open and we started creating snowballs..holding the freezing bits of ice in our gloved hands felt soo good! I was punching them hard to form round shaped spheres for Vihaan to throw around. And then, we got down to task—to create what is now going to go down in history as "Vihaan's First Snow Mountain"..Yeah buddies, that's all we could manage with those tiny hands at work! I could not stop smiling as I saw him enjoying himself so much in the snow, grinning at all of us as though he had found pure eternal bliss! That's what his pumpkin-shaped face showed...
I leave you with our pictures to tell the remaining story...Hope you enjoy as much as we did, looking at the '(s)no'!
And please click on each individual picture if they are not clearly visible; I am still struggling to get tech-savvy and manage this photo-business..grrrr!
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