When Life give you sugar for snow.......

You still have to figure out how to make a snowman!!!!!

Garrison has been dying to make a snowman from the snowman kit they got for Christmas. We finally got a heavy wet snow last week and I promised I would help him build a snowman. I didn't calculate my busy schedule and the fact that it gets dark around 5 into my promise. So the snow came in the middle of the week and I finally got a chance on Saturday to go and help. Now I know it WAS good packing snow when it fell because snowmen, and forts were popping up all over the town and I thought this would be easy. WRONG. The snow had turned to sugar. It would NOT pack. Garrison was ticked at me and told me I had better figure out how to make it work.

Using my most convincing enthusiastic voice I came up with this first............

I stomped out 3 circles like a snowman, placed the carrot, coal, ect on and told him it was for the airplanes to enjoy!!!!!! I was proud of my creative thought, he however liked this for about 2 seconds, and then figured out that I had tricked him. So we set off the figure out how to make a standing snowman.

We ventured to the front yard where I saw the pile of snow from having our driveway cleared from the neighbors tractor. There on the top were 3 chunks of frozen ice more than snow, that I rolled over into the front yard and stacked on top of each other to create a snowman!!!!! Go Me!!! Mom saved the day. We VERY carefully put the hat, scarf, carrot, coal etc.... onto the snow man and Garrison was SOOOO pleased.

I have learned my lesson and next time we will go out while it is snowing!!!

Old Man Winter Returns?

This morning at 6:30 Garrison woke to find that it had snowed last night! Not like up North where they got a few inches or the mountains who received feet we got barely a skiff. But non the less he quickly ate breakfast, got dressed (which is a small miracle since he only wants to wear pj's) and put on every piece of snow gear he owns; and headed out to play in the snow and make snow angels at 7am!

All Bundled Up! Making Snow/Dirt angels!

This didn't last very long because lets face it how much fun can you have with a skiff of snow that won't pack to make anything, not to mention snow angels that have more dirt than snow. So after his nose was officially frozen he decided to have to best part of a cold day Hot Chocolate with "Sour Cream" (whipped cream)

Peaceful Morning

Our Backyard & Looking East from our house heading out of town

How can something that looks so beautiful turn so ugly and unappreciated.I love the way the snow and ice clings to the branches and fence posts after an overnight storm.Yet somehow as the sun finishes rising and people hurry to work and children to school it doesn't look like this anymore and we are left with slick roads and a GIANT mudhole in my backyard. I have a hard time seeing the beauty in that. Until then I will have to enjoy the peace the morning brings and enjoy it while it lasts.

Baby It's Cold Outside

I am Hating the Cold of January already and it is only the first week. I took Ethan to the bus stop this morning and it was

-4. I think it is to cold to stand at the bus stop. Ethan said " Mom you know it is cold when my eyes and nose water and it freezes to my face." Who ever decided that they should be at the bus by 7am is crazy and not standing out there with us. I guess I might be wasting gas to wait at the corner in a warm car. I wish it wouldn't snow on a weekend Brady doesn't work so we could at least have some fun in the cold. If it won't go away might as well TRY to make the most of it. Garrison would love to go snowmobiling and Ethan would like to go sledding. Maybe this weekend if it is not to cold. In the mean time bring on the Hot Cocoa and a good book!