* Snow fun *

It was halfway through November when the first snow covered the city, and it was Ron who had noticed it one Saturday morning while him, Harry, Hermione and the baby were having breakfast in the kitchen of N12 of Grimmauld Place.

"Have you looked outside?" He asked as Hermione was feeding 6-month-old Belle with oatmeal and Harry was reading The Daily Prophet while having coffee and toasts.

"It's quite grey. Looks like it's going to be cold today." Hermione said as she gave Belle another spoon of food. The little girl ate and smiled at her mom contently.

"But have you actually looked out the window? IT. SNOWED!" He said excitedly.

"Oh, yeah." Harry said absent-mindedly.

Ron sighed, a bit annoyed. He went and sat next to Hermione.

"So... I was thinking... How about we take her outside?" He suggested with a smiled on his face.

"I don't know, Ron. It's a bit chilly and she's just little and..." Hermione started before Ron cut her in.

"Come on, Hermione! We dress her very warm. I can even cast a warming charm on her clothes so she wouldn't feel cold. It would be fun! We can build a snowman together and she can experience snow for the first time. It could be a nice family time." He exclaimed. At this, little Belle giggled and clapped her hands. "See? She's on board with this." He added, kissing his baby's cheek which made Belle squeal in delight. Hermione looked at them and smiled.

"Alright. Sounds like a good plan." She said.

So, after breakfast was done, the little family of three went to the backyard to play for a while. Belle protested as soon as they were outside, which meant that she wanted to be down from her parents' arms and on the floor, now that she had discovered that she could use her little legs for crawling around. Ron complied and put her down, letting her crawl as she pleased around the garden. Hermione hovered over her, making sure her baby was ok. Belle sat down a few minutes later and looked at the snow surrounding her. She seemed curious about it. So she grabbed a small amount of it and looked at it. After a few seconds, she pulled it closer to her mouth. Hermione tried to stop her, but Ron intervened, stating that they should let her experience the world around her and that it wasn't going to be any harm if she ate a bit of snow. But as soon as he had finished saying that, Belle started to cry. Hermione went and picked her up immediately.

"Brain freeze. I know, sweetheart. It'll be over soon." She told the girl, reassuringly, as she rubbed her back and kissed her head.

In an attempt to distract his little girl, Ron kneeled down to the floor.

"Let's build a snowman! It'll be fun!" He said as Belle kept whimpering in her mother's arms. He started building the body when he suddenly felt something cold hitting his neck. He looked at Hermione who was suppressing a smiled. "Did you do it?" He asked. Hermione looked at him, pretending to be shocked.

"Who? Me? No! Don't be silly, Ronald! I'm not that good at aiming." She said. He turned around and kept building the snowman, and he felt something hitting him again, this time it was his arm. This time he was sure it was her. He could hear her giggling, and their daughter too. He was hit a third time, and Belle giggled harder. Ron turned his head to him.

"She's not crying anymore." Hermione announced. Ron took some snow in his hands making a small ball. "Ronald... You... You wouldn't dare. You could hurt Belle, and... You wouldn't try to hit the woman who is carrying your child, right?" She said, smiling a bit and holding Belle in front of her. Ron smiled and put the small ball on the snowman. When he noticed that Hermione had left the baby on the ground, he went to her and picked her up.

"Ron! Ron, put me down now!" She shouted. Ron just laughed. "Ronald, I mean it! Put me down this instant!" She shouted again.

"If you insist so much..." He said as he threw her in the snow and tried to cover her with it. Little Belle looked at them and laughed, her first real laugh. Ron just stopped moving and looked at Hermione who was looking at him, smiling. He leaned forward and kissed her sweetly on the lips. Belle just looked at them laughing. Snowy days seemed to be quite fun for her now.