It FINALLY snowed!!!

yes.  Mother Nature has finally decided that it is, in fact, Winter Time.  and a little under 1 foot in 9 days Chicago was blessed with.
The first heavy snow was just HEAVY & gross.  We didn't play in that snow too much.  However, we recently got walloped on a Friday afternoon, and this was the awesome (and easy to shovel!) light stuff.  My dog LOVES this kind of snow.  Yet, he still doesn't understand WHY he gets so cold running around in it.  (He is only 10 lbs...)
I put him in a sweater and threw him in the backyard.  Grouchy dog faces and shivers to follow: