Lazy Snowman

The end of January was covered with snow, so when it finally got warm enough to go outside without freezing to death we decided to try out our new snowman kit my parents gave us for Christmas. (I know this is a little late, but nothing, not even a blog, can come between a pregnant woman and her naps.)

Kaili helping Dad shovel the snow with her little gardening shovel.
The snow here is beautiful because it is so dry and powdery. I love it, or at least I did until we tried to make a snowman. No moisture equals no snowballs. This was the biggest snowman I could muster. We weren’t exactly able to use our snowman kit on it. (Note the matching hats I made for Kaili and me – you’re jealous, I know)
Dan, the creative one in the family, finally decided to get a lawn chair and fill it with snow to make a snowman. It worked. We just carved out circles to make it look like big snowballs. Kaili helped put all the pieces on. The kit even included a heart. We decided our snowman looked pretty lazy all reclined in his chair but at least we made him.
The whole family with the finished product! If Kaili weren’t on my lap you would see that my pants are neither buttoned nor zipped.
We also made a ramp out of our back stairs. Kaili loved it! She even convinced me to go down it with her, but no one needs to see that. :)
As Kaili would put it, "We have ice all over ourselves!"

Kaili the hoodlum, after coming in from the snow.