Outside an apartment building in Washington, DC [Wednesday evening]

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Rory was bundled in an adorable pea coat and a warm knit hat, and sensible -- yet fashionable -- knee-high boots.

She was nothing compared to her daughter, though, who she'd carried outside after carefully bundling the baby in what had once been a cute, if absurdly puffy pink snowsuit. Then Grandma Lorelai and her Bedazzler had gotten ahold of it

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[sith_happened]

"And I'm not helping them," Anakin said firmly from where he was bundled up in a puffy white coat like he'd worn on ice planets. "I'm done digging out other people's cars. Especially little ones without four wheel drive."

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"Maybe Juliet can help them," Rory suggested, bouncing the baby a little.

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Anakin laughed. "Could she charge them for the assistance?"

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"She says yes and that all her proceeds will go to her college fund," Rory decided.

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"Off you go, then," Anakin said, leaning in to kiss his daughter's cheek. "I'm sure walking through snow the height of you will be absolutely thrilling for you."

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Rory nodded, while Juliet looked perplexed.

Pause.

"...it's mean to put her in the snow, right?" Rory asked, eyeing one of the smaller snowbanks. "I mean, she might like it."

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"We can call it a snow angel?" Anakin offered.

Or a "crying baby snow flail", more accurately.

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Rory frowned, looked at Juliet, and decided, "Well, you have to learn to make snow angels sometime."

And with that, she knelt and deposited the baby in the snow.

Which was still pretty deep, for an eight month-old.

Juliet immediately shot both parents the dirtiest of looks.

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Anakin laughed. "She looks like me! That's adorable!"

That was probably not what Juliet was going for, Anakin.

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"She always looks like you. Right now she just looks grumpy as hell," Rory said, eyeing the baby before crouching and making a little snowball. "Look, Juliet! Let's play!"

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Juliet stuck her tongue out and tried to eat some of the snow.

"Is that a good idea?" Anakin asked anxiously.

He hadn't grown up around snow.

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"It's just ice," Rory said, giving him a look.

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"But what if people have touched it?" he fretted.

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"Anakin, she eats things she finds on the carpet," Rory pointed out.

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"And Vladdie's bone," he admitted. "But still. It's outside. Aren't there different germs outside?"

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"This snow is the newest snow," she replied, pointing to the top layer. "It's baby snow. Perfect for babies!"