Filed under: Family togetherness, 6-7 years, Creative projects
I like snow a little. It's pretty as it falls and certainly dresses up a dreary winter landscape. But after having lived in upstate New York for a few years, my relationship with snow is strained at best. That part of the country is insane with the stuff. It starts falling early and just keeps on accumulating. No amount of shoveling and salting will ever result in you getting ahead of it. As soon as you've cleared a path to your front door, a load of it slides off the roof and blocks your way. It was just too much for a south Texas girl like myself.Now we live in Idaho where the snow is different. In the valley where we live, it comes down sparingly and usually melts within 24 hours. Except for this year. While it could never rival New York snow, this year's Idaho snow has been sticking around for weeks at a time. Like a tease, it all melted away Saturday, only to reappear two-fold on Sunday. So much for our plans to take our new roller skates out for a spin.
After exhausting all my ideas for indoor activities and failing to interest Ellie in a nice, long nap, we did what had to be done. We bundled up and went outside to play in the snow. I don't like to be cold and neither does Ellie, so our excursion didn't last long. In fact, it lasted just long enough for us to realize that we haven't a clue when it comes to making a snowman. Instead, we made something that looks kind of like a legless muppet body-builder, holding a bouquet of plastic flowers. Yeah, that's what we meant for it to look like. Only 74 more days until Spring!
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