Snowmen

For the past year and a bit (or perhaps longer), the kids have wanted to build a snowman. Alas, during that period we have not had good snow for snowman making. This past weekend, all that changed.

On Saturday morning it started to snow. The news said that there wouldn't be much accumulation, and as it had been relatively warm I gave the news the benefit of the doubt. Not thinking much about the weather, we packed up and headed off to the Seesaw Center. As we headed the short distance north to the seesaw, the light dusting of snow on the ground faded away. We played at the seesaw for about 45 minutes, and when we were done there was no snow at all outside the Seesaw.

Driving home, the trend reversed and by the time we got home, the ground had about 3/4-inch of snow cover. After lunch (and a nap), the kids and I headed outside. I shoveled the driveway, and the kids ran around. While shoveling I noted that the snow had the perfect consistency for snowman making. Given our drought of snowman snow, we had to seize the opportunity.I rolled the bottom ball, and started snow balls for each of the kids. Lea provided a hat, scarf, and carrot for a nose. Result:


Of course the snowman needed a hug (they wondered if the snowman would move while they slept):

Usually Gillian gets cold when we play outside and wants to go in early, but this time it was Colin. Gillian wanted to stay outside and build another snowman - so we did:

Snowman fun!