Shaky Frosty, our Snowman

By Saturday morning, the snow was beginning to melt, and we hadn't had a chance to build our snowman yet, so the kids and I headed out for a little more fun, while we had the chance. :)

It rolled up remarkably well, and we had no trouble!










I had been inspired by someone else's photos of their Mr. Potato Head snowman, so we dragged ours out, too!


I asked the kids what they wanted to name him. Luken said, "Frosty." Keeley said, "Shaky." So, we settled on Shaky Frosty! (The next one we build will be Frosty Shaky, according to Luken.)


He had celery arms. :D


Recently, Luken expressed an interest in taking photos, so I let him have the use of my old point-and-shoot. He's so cute with it, and takes pictures everywhere, of everything. I will have to put some of his work here for all to see!
Anyway, he wanted snowman pictures, so I thought it would be fun to photograph him photographing the snowman! <3










Did I mention that the snow was melting? Melting snow = puddles. Puddles are fun to jump in!!!!








Oh, look, Shaky Frosty has gotten some mittens!! :)


Now he is being targeted by snowballs.


But then being soothed, and loved upon. :D


By then, the kiddos were cold, and ready for hot chocolate!! :P~~




OK, enough snow. Enough cold. We're ready for spring! (But not summer...)

And, just because I snapped these shots, but probably won't create their own blog post, here is some grass that Keeley grew from seed at her school.

It took less than 2 weeks to grow this tall!!!!

And some basil we grew from seed the other day. We're hoping this one grows big and tall and delicious!!

Epic Snow!!

On Thursday, February 11, our little area of the world was blanketed by epic snowfall. It snowed all night and all day and all night, and records were broken!

Unfortunately, on the same day, Luken was sick at school in the afternoon, and Keeley was in the midst of a gnarly case of croup, so we had to make do with watching the snowfall from the comfort of the couch.

Look how beautiful everything looked after it stopped!


Would you like to have a seat? ;)


The umbrella looked like a Christmas Tree!


The basketball rim had extra defense that day!










The official record-breaking total at the airport was 12.5 inches.
In the morning, probably after some settling, we recorded 6 inches in our backyard!


On Friday, however, the clouds were still, and the kids were much better, so we got to go OUTSIDE and PLAY!!!!!!! School had been cancelled, woohoo!! (Todd was able to work from home in the morning, but went in for the afternoon, so he didn't get to play with us.)




Some snow angels, by snow angels. <3








The kids got started on a snowman...




However, then the neighbors drove by, and said they were going to check out the man-made hill in the middle of our neighborhood. A few minutes later they called, and said they were going to stay there, as it was too much fun!!!
People will come up with all kinds of interesting "sleds" in the absence of actual snow toys. Cookie sheets, laundry baskets, pool floaties, etc! Some people had actual sleds, and many were sharing.








Patrick and his cookie sheet. :D




Luken and Jacob.




Keeley started making snowballs. :)


Luken, starting the trek back up the hill.


A view from the top!




Mommy and Keeley!










Kelli and Jacob wiping out!










Keeley, trying out her little pool inner tube. This kept her entertained for quite some time!! :)


Luken, exhausted after sooooooo much fun!!!!!