Snowman

We finally had a day that wasn't so cold that the snow was powder.  My daughter and I made this almost 5 foot snowman together.  He has acorn eyes, nose and mouth and is borrowing my hat and scarf.  We also learned about physics as the middle snowball was too big for us to lift so we used the sled as a ramp and rolled the snowball up onto the first.  It's amazing how many every day experiences can be teaching moments.  It's too bad there wasn't a third person to hold the phone for video because I'm sure it was hilarious!

Ice

This is what the ice in the cat bowl out in the barn looked like. How does ice even do that? Did the water turn to ice while she was licking it with her tongue or something? It was crazy cold!

Indoor Snowman

Too cold to play outside?  Bring the snow indoors for some fun!  

Someone (most likely you) will have to brave the cold long enough to shovel some snow into a small tub.  I'm using a dish tub here.  Give your child a few tools, perhaps out of the playdoh box like I did.  Add buttons, a carrot, a piece of yarn and a homemade hat and you have an indoor snowman!

Sledding

Playing in the snow.

Getting ready to go down the hill.

Isn't that a beautiful sky!

Stuck in the Snow

Yep, that is my car, stuck in a snowbank at the end of my road. 😒

We got about five inches of snow but the drifts were quite a bit higher, as you can see.  There is one spot at the end of our road where there is no windbreak and the snow blows across the road.  I drove right into it and the snow sucked me into the ditch.

I worked on getting myself out for about 15 minutes before my dear husband showed up in his truck with our six-year-old daughter all bundled up in her car seat.  We took turns digging and moving the car a couple feet while the other sat in the warm truck (it was about 12 degrees not including wind chill).  Eventually, we had it out enough that he was able to use the front bumper of his truck to push me the rest of the way out of the snow bank.  

I had been on my way to visit my home-bound lady before that but I called her up and asked if it was okay if I came the next day.  She said it was a sign that I should stay home, since I had developed a shingles rash overnight as well (click here for that blog post).  After working on my car for 45 minutes, I was finally able to turn it around and drive home.  I went inside, got back into my pajama pants, had lunch and then took a two hour nap!