The Making Of A Snowman

The snow we got last night is great snowman-making snow!!
We made a BIG snowman in the backyard this morning.
First Zach rolled a GIANT ball of snow for the base.
Lily helped too!

After Zach rolled up another ball & I helped him put it on top, Riley added snow to make it smoother.

Then they finished him up by adding his head and making his face!

By this time, Lily was COLD, so she went inside.

I asked her to stay outside for just a few minutes, so I could take her picture next to the snowman, but she kept saying, "I'm done, I'm done" as she was pulling off her boots and pants......so I guess that was a no? =)

Look how big that snowman is!!!

He's taller than Zach!

Good job Zach, Riley, and Lily!

Snow Art!

On Monday, I decided to try out a cool trick I saw in a magazine; frozen bubbles!
You are suppose to be able to blow bubbles in temperatures below freezing and the bubbles will freeze.
But, when I went outside to see if it would actually work, the bubbles just floated away. =(
So, we decided to do bubble art. All you have to do is put food coloring in a bottle of bubbles and then blow the bubbles onto paper. When the bubbles pop, there are splatters of color on the paper. Since my kids eventually spill, and it stains, I usually only do this outside. I looked at all of that white snow we still have and thought it would be a perfect "canvas".
So, we headed outside to blow bubbles. (Thanks Aunt Diana & Uncle Sam for the bubbles!!)

Lily did not last long. She did it a few times and then said she was too cold. She sat inside the warm house and watched us.

The boys had a lot of fun splattering color all over the snow. (We used blue, red, and purple.)

They did spill some, but that actually worked out because it just made the snow more colorful!

Then I noticed this:

and this:

Frozen bubbles!!!

They were so amazing!! They just sat on the snow!

When you touched one, they wouldn't really pop. They just kind of broke.

Here is a popped one on the snow and then Zach trying to hold a popped one.

It looks like broken glass.

The boys had fun looking for the frozen bubbles.

Since our snow is still out there (and probably will continue to be out there since it is SO COLD!!!), we still have our art work!!

More Snow Pictures

The last snow we got was a wet snow. Perfect for building snowmen!
Lily was not feeling well, so I stayed inside with her while the boys went in the backyard to play.
Zach came inside to get stuff for the snowman he had built.
It is the first snowman that he has ever built all by himself!!!

I think he did a pretty good job!

He was very proud of himself.

Riley also made something......

He called it an ice cream snow cone. It actually looked like ice cream on a cone too.

He said it was strawberry flavored and wanted me to taste it.

I passed. =)

He is such an imaginative little boy. =)