Winter Has Come

Being we were supposed to FINALLY see some signs of winter coming yesterday, Charlie and I cleaned up Mama's 12-year-old commuter bike on Wednesday (the bike she did Ironman Wisconsin with in 2006). She said she doesn't think it's been cleaned up since February. Yikes.

Charlie worshipping the degreaser.


Fixing Mama's seat. Now he ALWAYS wants to use my allen wrenches to fix stuff.

Yesterday, it started raining in the morning, and it was WINDY. Around the time I picked Henry up from school, it turned to snow. Two hours later, it looked like this:

A lightly snow-packed yard.


Charlie walking home yesterday evening (from a neighbor's house who was having
an art sale) while tromping through the new snow.

After a REALLY warm fall, we now have a week-long forecast where the lows drop into the 20s every night, and the highs stay in the 30s. Well, it was a good run while it lasted...

p.s. But it's still running shorts weather!