Despite what the calendar says about December 21st being the first day of winter, it's winter here. We had our first snow over the weekend, sending me down to the basement to search for the snow boots and snow pants, which have been packed away since the spring (if winter starts here before the so-called first day of winter on the calendar, it sure as heck doesn't end until well after the "last day of winter"!). Actually, I'd already gone down the night before the snow to get the boots because it was the night before Nikolaus, when St. Nick comes to the houses of German kids and leaves small treats and gifts in their boots.

We had to go out the next morning so when it came time to stomp through the snow, the kids simply pulled the goodies out of their boots and slipped them on! But once the snow season begins, school rules are that kids aren't allowed to play outside at recess anymore unless they bring their snow pants to school. So down I went to the basement again to find the snow pants.

Upstairs, I've been working on a different sort of "snow" pants for wee one.

These are the fabulous Bella pants from Pink Fig. I made a couple of pairs of these in corduroy last winter for wee and they were so cute on her I knew I wanted to make more. This time, I used a fun corduroy fabric with little embroidered snowflakes and sparkles.

So perfect for my girl!

Here she is showing off the back. She likes them waaay better than her genuine snow pants, which she refused to even try on. I had to bribe her with some marzipan (oh, thanks Nikolaus for the marzipan!) just to discover that the old snow pants are too short now. Well, thank goodness these at least fit. 'Cause her boots don't fit either.