I am still trying to figure out this new laptop -- and how Windows 10 works with Blogger...But, trust me -- I WILL GET IT SOONER OR LATER. Since the meltdown, there have been so many things I wanted to blog about...it will take some time to catch up.
Like -- for example -- making a Snowman. When's the last time you did that? We had our first real snow sometime back in November...and it was beautiful -- but pitiful at the same time.
The weather was mild, so the snow wasn't going to last long...but it was the PERFECT CONSISTENCY to make a snowman. And it hit me that morning that it had been many years since I'd made a snowman...and, really, in my entire long wonderful life, I probably only made 5 or 6 of them...
So -- Even though I had some exciting pre-Christmas things planned for that day -- I decided that the kids and I would stay home and MAKE A SNOWMAN. We didn't have to rush it...we had all day...and I'd make grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch, with hot chocolate (and lots of marshmallows)…
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| The problem was there was only about 2" of snow on the ground...and when you tried to roll a snowball, it got full of leaves... |
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| The kids were spending more time picking out leaves than they were spending rolling snowballs... |
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| But Lilly and Warren were working as a team... |
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| I was trying to encourage them...but this wasn't looking very promising... |
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| Lilly was determined...Warren was losing interest... |
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| At some point, I thought the lesson was "size doesn't matter"...a small snowman can be just as interesting as a large snowman... |
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| We had to "make do"for their snow clothes...(Warren is wearing Lilly's old snow boots, three pair of jogging pants, and a big pair of swimtrunks)... |
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| The kids took a break to make Snow Angels. |
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| Of course, the fun part is the accessorizing... |
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| Warren wanted it to be a boy (thus, the safari hat)...Lilly said it looked like a girl (so, the shawl)… |
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| I said it doesn't matter...and we didn't have to decide if it was a boy or girl...actually, it might be best if we let our Snow creature decide for him/her self... |
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| When we were finished...we stepped away...and I said the kids did a wonderful job... |
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| Lilly got a serious look on her face...and she said, "So, we've built a transsexual snowperson?" |
Oh, yeah. It's a new world they're living in...
Beautiful pictures!! Looks like y'all had "snow" much fun making a snow person. It's really fun. Love the oranges and carrots for it's face. I'm sorry you're having a rough time with the windows thingy. If I knew how it works, I would try to help. Y'all's snow angels are awesome too. I'm so happy yall had a snow day! Enjoy your day! :-) :-)
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