Snowy Evening

After swimming lessons and dinner, it was dark, but Evan was determined to go play outside.  We suited up and had a blast for over an hour!  Now "Frosty" stands proudly in the back yard (and leans a little left, from the looks of it - I hope he makes it through the night) and I'm soaked from snowballs.  Evan, however, is perfectly dry thanks to many layers of gloves, hats, jackets, snowpants, and boots.

The snow was PERFECT for packing, and Evan was thrilled to get out his "scooper" to make perfect snowballs.  It actually works really well!  "Snowball Fight" was definitely his favorite game to play, with me, Ernie, "Frosty," and even the tree.  We ran and ran and ran - and he's got pretty good aim!

Evan started rolling some of the shapes for Frosty, but they quickly got too big and heavy.  Of course, my estimation was off, so by the time I got his belly rolled, it was too big to lift.  Mike came out for a second to help, and together we barely got it up there!  Evan scrambled back in the house for a carrot, though he is worried that the deer who have been jumping our fence to eat the bushes in the past week will steal Frosty's nose overnight.  Hmm, deer hoofprints in Frosty's chest in the morning could be difficult to explain...  We added some bark chips for eyes, a perfect tree root smile, pinecones for buttons, and of course Evan's favorite scarf!

Tomorrow we both have the day off school and work, so we'll see what other snow fun we can make.  I do believe there's some snow-paint in our future if this doesn't all melt... Stay tuned!