Saturday, January 30, 2010

Fun in the Snow

What a great Saturday we had here at our house. Lauren was so excited to see how much snow we got overnight and was ready to get out and build our own "Frosty". (She has been watching the movie Frosty and Frosty Returns a whole lot lately) I was a little afraid we might not get to go out because when we got up this morning Bill noticed that the thermostat in the hallway read 65 degrees and it was set at 68 degrees. The fan was blowing but the compressor was not running. Oh know!!!! Fortunately it was nothing major. The breaker had just tripped so Bill was able to get it fixed before we got too cold!
After our traditional Saturday morning breakfast of pancakes and sausage, we got bundled up and headed outside to enjoy the snow. We do not own a sled, but we tried a few things we had laying around the garage to let the girls try sledding. The snow was very wet and they couldn't really get going down the small hill at the side of our house. So on to building our snowman. The wet snow was great for packing.
Below is a picture of Bill rolling a snow ball. It got really big, but it was shaped more like a tire....it was flat!

So they started over with a smaller ball of snow and ended up with a smaller snowman. The girls were quite pleased with their "Frosty".

Allison, Frosty, and Lauren


Here is a video of Lauren and Allison singing Frosty the Snowman.


Allison enjoying the snow.

Lauren enjoying the snow.

Cute little smile.

Their favorite thing to do was to eat the snow!

Lauren eating the snow.
This afternoon Lauren went to a birthday party at Bounce USA. The roads were fine when we drove to the party, but they were very slick when we left at about 5:30. I was so happy to make it back home and up the hill safely.

3 comments:

April said...

Cute pics! I love the new picture of the girls at the top of your blog. Adorable little fashion statements! Looks like they had a great time making Frosty. Glad you made it home safely after the birthday party. We had a birthday party to attend yesterday, but it was rescheduled because the roads up here are pretty bad. We haven't left the house since Thursday! I have to admit, it has been SO nice to have our calendars wiped clean for the weekend. :) Glad you're enjoying the snow!

Holly Aytes said...

Sounds like fun! We were able to build quite a big snowman in the yard, actually Matt made it. We enjoyed sledding at the park by our house...really nice hills for sledding.

Cindy said...

I love the girls in their skirts! Those skirts are just so cute...don't know what it is...wait, maybe it's 'cause the girls are so cute! That's it! :)