Winter Finally Arrived!!!!

While bike riding and scootering in January has been a lot of fun the kids have been so excited for a big heavy snowfall. Well it finally came and they enjoyed it immensely. THe whole family was out shoveling, throwing snowballs, making hills. Ben thought it was fun to pile the snow over the drain, and despite Chris' attempts at explaining why it was a great idea somehow the snow kept reappearing. Although he didnt think it was very amusing... I thought (in secret) it was quite comical.




Elias and Ben were real troopers with clearing the snow, what an asset they were in making the job easier.









Here's my Angel. Ben looked hard to find a piece of undisturbed snow to make a cold angel he called it. He said when he stood up the angel would fly away leaving its mark in the snow. One day I am going to write the musings of Ben about death, the afterlife, angels etc. He has some amazing ideas. He is really in touch with his spiritual side, which stereotypically doesn't seem compatible with his rough and tough exterior.


Aria on the other hand could leave the snow. She loves mitts and hats and any other accessories she thinks looks good, but the outdoor time is the snow she could do without. She tried hard to do some shoveling and decorate a snowman we built later.



Here it is. ELias originally wanted to build a fort but there wasnt quite enough snow. So we settled on a snowman... we added a crown of twigs later and it became a snow king. We used pine cones and left over cedar for the decorations. Ben stuck a tail in the back because he really wanted it to be an animal king which totally worked to.