LAST Snow....I'm hoping.

Last Tuesday night into Wednesday morning we got about 6" of snow. Heavy, wet, sticky stuff. We had no where to go and nowhere to be, so we bundled up, went out, and got soaked. Let's hope this was our LAST "big" snow of the season!

Gillian and I made this cute little guy. Colin told me "snowmen are boring." Whatever.


Colin did find some fun....an Angry Birds Star Wars snowball fight. He was Luke. Gillian was Leia. I think they decided I was Chewbaca. After they wouldn't let me be Jabba. They never let me be Jabba.



Fun morning. But it could be the last one until next December...REALLY.

Snow! FINALLY.

After a warm and non-snowy winter last year, Colin and Gillian were BEGGING for snow. We got perhaps a half inch before the holiday and they were DESPERATE to play in it. But, finally, FINALLY Old Man Winter helped the kids out and brought us 4" on Boxing Day and then 6" more a few days later. They were so happy about it!

I was happy because Daddy was still home from work on vacation and HE could go out in the cold to play! (I have since invested in a new pair of snow pants so I'm more likely to make it out in the snow.)

There was lots of shoveling (with C&G's new kid sized snow shovels), running, yelling, snowball attempting, and small scale sledding in the yard. Oh, and a third of an igloo.

And FINALLY the snow was right for this guy:

His name his Frosty.





We even had some cocoa.



The cocoa is the best part, in my mind. Well, those giggles while C&G race down the big hills in the park are pretty great too!

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!

Favorite

GraGra and Papa Greg got the kids (well, and Michael and me) this glitter snow globe for Christmas:


When I put away all the Christmas stuff on January 2nd, we left out this snowman. The kids really like him, and I just wasn't quite ready for ALL of the sparkle to be put away. Well, since then, we've changed his batteries three times, called him "My Favorite!", turned him on the instant, and I mean THE INSTANT we come downstairs, and, well, pretended to feed him bologna and pears from our pretend food stash.

Colin also has a couple of conversations a day with him. "How you doin', Snowman?" Colin says.

Guess Mr. Snowman is here to stay for a while.