I think Alethea is afraid of snow.  My born and bred in Minnesota baby was sitting in her exersaucer watching me through the window while I shoveled the front porch.  A few seconds into it, she started crying and shaking and doing her afraid sounds (the same ones she uses for the vacuum and other loud noises).  I came inside and tried to reassure her.  She stopped crying, but still didn’t look happy, so I went outside and got a handful of snow to show her.  She absolutely refused to touch it or even acknowledge that it was in my hand.  Even when I brought it up close to her she would turn the other way.

I guess I should think it’s sweet that she’s so worried about me being outside with the big bad piles of snow, but I do hope that snow won’t be a permanent fear in her life.  If it is, she’s in for a long childhood.