One Snowy Day

This winter has been lovely. We've played so much outside because it's been warm and dry. We really have had only one snowy day here. Luckily this mama had an inkling and a bit extra energy that day...we made the most of our snow!

We started with a snowman. We didn't have enough snow in the front yard to make our snowman so we started rolling in the back yard, then I carried our heavy, wet snowballs to the front yard...note to self, wet, packed snowballs are very heavy and don't roll across the drive way, make a better plan next time!

Then we packed a little more of the snow around the base and middle to make our fella sturdy.






Finally the kids used a cute Snowman Kit I got as a door prize to dress our Frosty Friend. (Ethan picked the hat out of his collection!)

We were pretty proud of our frigid fireman.





Ethan was feeling daring and started a snowball fight with mom...it was great. He's got a good arm and super aim...must get that from his dad. He and Avery both made snow angels.

We were having so much fun I decided we'd better do as much as we possibly could with the snow we had, so we grabbed Ethan's sled and headed off to the park! It was perfect. We had the park to ourselves and there are lots of different levels of hills.

Avery wanted to sled all by herself...sure, hit the little hill. She did great and even insisted on carrying the sled back to the top on her own. Fabulous!


Ethan chose the tallest hill. He went down on his bum, on his tummy, on his back and face first. He loved every minute.


The kids took a trip down together...



Then Mommy took a trip down with each of the kids.

It was a perfect day and the kids can't wait for the next snow day!