First Snowman

While the first snowfall was exciting, the snow was just not sticky enough to build a proper snowman until last week...For the last month, almost on a daily basis, the two younger ones have been asking when they could build a snowman. Finally, the perfect snowman temperature and snow presented itself last Thursday, and after a quick after school snack, we headed outside with a hat, a scarf, a few buttons and a carrot. Actually 3 carrots. The first two were eaten by our three-year old who announced that she would not help build the snowman.

He took only 15 minutes to build, and two days to start melting and to lose his head. All that remains of him now is the bottom snowball, currently covered in a sheet of glistening ice. "Mama" said my 4-yer old, "next time lets build a snowgirl!"