The Last of the Snowmen

We have had a really hard time with our snowfall this year.  Despite our wishes, prayers and snow dances we have had very little of the white stuff.  Amazingly, everyone around us has been rolling in the stuff, literarlly.  Last year, alas, we were unable to even make a snowman because we had so little snow and one of the requirements this year was that the kiddos got to make a snowman.

Yesterday we had maybe an inch, two if it had drifted.  Somehow, our yard was completely covered and all of our neighbors yards had green poking through.  So during our playdate yesterday we all put on our snowpants and played.  It was good, we made angels, we sledded (down our slight slope in the front yard), we log rolled down the slope, we threw snowballs and of course, we built a snowman. 

So if we get no more snow, at least we have our snowman!  And here he is, I realize he is a pathetic excuse for a snowman, but look how happy they are!

(We actually got about three inches last night and have a snow day today, so we will get to play some more today.)  Jac played over an hour in it, sledded, made snow balls and built some sort of artic gas station.  Mia doesn't appreciate 26 degree weather quite as much and was drinking hot chocolate in the lodge. 

Winter Blast 2010

And it did!  We finally got some snow.  Not a huge amount, right around 3 or 4 inches.  The kids are happy and crazy and excited.  We bundled up in a ridiculous amount of clothes, although they were able to stay out close to 45 minutes so I guess that did the trick.  It is 13 degrees and with the windchill feels like -5 degrees.   Yikes. 

This snow wasn't good for building things, so our requisite snowman still needs to be built for the winter of 2010.  But we did make snow angels, shoveled the drive and the front walk, got some sled rides around the block and played.  We all came back in and were starving.  Including mama, the cold weather makes me so hungry.

Pictures of playing in the snow.

And now for the rosy cheeks. 

We all ate a lot but Jac didn't drink his hot chocolate.  So I was cleaning up and getting ready to dump it down the sink.  It never fails that as soon as I throw something away, someone in the family protests because I just dumped down the sink something that looked dreadful or threw away the most important tiny scrap of paper, etc.  It happens with both kids and the hubby, I throw it out and declutter a bit and the rest of the family freaks out.  So I have really tried to start asking more.  Right before I dumped the chocolate I asked Jac if he was going to drink it.

Well, now our four year old talks in code.

"If I say 'domino' that means no, and if I say 'crackerbarrel' that means yes."  I kid you not, this was the response that I got this morning.  After an interminable pause, where of course I was getting impatient because that is the way my DNA works, he said "domino". 

I dumped it out. 

Let it snow!

These pictures were from the day that we got a miserable 1/4 inch of snow.  As you can see they are indoor pictures, because the amount of snow we got didn't warrant me putting on any gear to go outside and take pictures.  So far everyone around us has gotten a decent snow and all we hav received is amazingly cold temperatures.  Tomorrow there is a chance of snow although it doesn't sound like anything huge. 

We're ready!  Send in the big stuff.