Snow Day, Part 1
It was unseasonably mild on Saturday. After some errands and running a few miles outside in the morning, Jenelle and I ventured to my parents' house for a big family meal. The occasion? My uncle Dan was in town from Ohio for the weekend. I think there were about 12 of us gathered. The food was great (it was like Thanksgiving), and we all had fun chatting and catching up on each other's lives -- but we had the MOST fun playing in the front yard.
Because the weather was so great, we decided that now was a perfect time to take our three year-old "nephew" Hunter outside and build a snowman (nephew is in quotes because he's actually my first cousin once-removed, but he feels like a nephew). The wet snow was incredibly packy, so Uncle Dan and I had no problem rolling the first snowball for the bottom. We were a bit overzealous on the mid-section, as we were barely able to lift it on top of the base -- I've heard reports that Uncle Dan may have hurt himself during our efforts to lift it, but there were no signs of it at the time. In any case, Hunter helped us make the head, and we had ourselves a pretty decent snowman in no time.
We secured the following items for the finishing touches: two eyes made of coal, a carrot nose, a red hat from the front hall closet, a mouth of pine branches, and wood chips for buttons on the mid-section. My aunt Gail, who drove in from the Madison area, helped with this part. My dad took a few pictures, but I don't have them yet. I'll work on getting those up.
Little did I know that our day in the snow was just beginning...
Because the weather was so great, we decided that now was a perfect time to take our three year-old "nephew" Hunter outside and build a snowman (nephew is in quotes because he's actually my first cousin once-removed, but he feels like a nephew). The wet snow was incredibly packy, so Uncle Dan and I had no problem rolling the first snowball for the bottom. We were a bit overzealous on the mid-section, as we were barely able to lift it on top of the base -- I've heard reports that Uncle Dan may have hurt himself during our efforts to lift it, but there were no signs of it at the time. In any case, Hunter helped us make the head, and we had ourselves a pretty decent snowman in no time.
We secured the following items for the finishing touches: two eyes made of coal, a carrot nose, a red hat from the front hall closet, a mouth of pine branches, and wood chips for buttons on the mid-section. My aunt Gail, who drove in from the Madison area, helped with this part. My dad took a few pictures, but I don't have them yet. I'll work on getting those up.
Little did I know that our day in the snow was just beginning...
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