It's Snow Time!

We had a white Christmas here. How wonderful is that? It was especially wonderful because I have two kids who think snow is the greatest thing since the discovery of sand. But in essence, it is better than sand. Why you ask? Because like sand, you can dig, throw, scoop, shape, roll in and make a mess with it. But unlike sand, you apparently can eat it without the discomfort of pooping it out later. Okay, okay. Too much information, right? But, no. I do not necessarily approve of snow eating (for the most part). Fresh snow: okay. Three day old snow that every squirrel in the neighborhood has peed on: not okay. But, nevertheless, snow time was a blast for the kiddos. They had so much fun playing outside even though it was in limited bursts of time. The second time we went out, the snow was actually the perfect consistency for a snowman. I really haven't made an actual snowman in quite a while. But I decided that seeing as how Josh has been gone and couldn't be outside to join us in the snowy goodness, I'd build a Snow Josh. AKA, Snow Dad. At his job, he is required to wear a hard hat (thank goodness) so lucky for me, I just happened to have a handy dandy toy hard hat to make our Snow Dad complete. I just figured that if I couldn't have a man around the house then I might as well make one. Unfortunately, within minutes of creating my perfect snowman, the kids promptly saw to it to destroy him. Sorry Josh. Kids. What are ya gonna do? But after many snow angels, snowballs, snow in the face, snow eating and snowman building...it was time to go in for a nice cup of hot (soy) cocoa. I will say that I never really thought much of snow the last decade or so. Now with kids, I really do think it's pretty awesome stuff.