Tuesday, 22 December 2009

Enjoying Winter

Winter. Not my favourite time of the year. Long nights. Bitter cold wind that bite your bones. Leafless tress. Weak sun. Dry skin, chapped fingers.

But when snow falls it really can lift up your mood. Simply magical. The earth is transformed into a beautiful white fluffy carpet. And standing under a snowfall must be one of best feelings you can experience as a human (like eating praline chocolates and slurping air batu campur or floating with the sea waves rushing to your back, and something that only the lucky ones get to feel-baby kicking in your tummy).

Yesterday we had a heavy snowfall. Probably the heaviest since we lived here (Manchester Airport was closed down). Despite everybody having a bit of flu we decided to hit the park. You can't stay indoor on rare days like this! (Took half an hour to prep the boys).

The pictures taken from the top floor of our apartment...





Papaboyz had to scrape off the snow covering the car first...





On the way to the park...






Playing in the snow...












Grumpy boys..couldn't take it anymore. My own toes were numb...





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The cold also brings out the domestic goddess in you (because of the constantly grumbling tummy and it's very nice standing next to the warm oven). So while I'm in the mood, the best reading material is a cookbook....



6 comments:

mummy said...

wicked choc cake!

klaka tgk muka diorang grumpy

umiM said...

bas- happy bted bday!
cant believe finally merase jugak org UK white xmas. never in my yrs kat sane snow fall in dec. maybe ox blom snow pon this time but it looks really cold!
abid is soooo cute, rayyan is smaller but now cruising around and aiming for the stairs.
in my 1st week of work and ur entry brought tears- aku dahla share office nih..thanks tho, very sweet of u.
muahs!

Unknown said...

weh nk main jugak...kat leeds kite xde kwn...sume p cuti2 UK....winter hols...!!!

Mamaboyz said...

kell- mmg really cold la, dah 5 hari snow turun all over uk, byk keta stranded kat highways and flights cancelled, and the snow on the ground did not thaw away, that's how cold it is

yim- mainla dgn samuel or zubir or mustafa, kalau nak slide turun bukit tu kan, pegi je kat bukit yg awak panjat tetiap hari tu, bawak plastik hitam sampah, slide atas tu, semalam kita tgk org buat camtu, takyah pakai apa2 equipment

mummy said...

yim...apesal awak tak pi cuti-cuti uk...kita sponsor

m-i-o said...

WOW! rasa macam tgk xmas movie kat hallmark channel! :P

klo sy dapat pegi sana, confirm jadi jakun. muahaha :P

rumah salji kat tmn pertanian shah alam tidak berapa thrill, (errr, sebenarnya tak thrill langsung) tp bolehlah klo nak feeling2 sekejap *sigh*