It still amazes me that this much snow can cancel school. But as I snapped this picture of my friendly little snowman, kids were shutting off alarm clocks all over the southeast.
Growing up in Illinois I saw this much accumulation by Thanksgiving and it didn’t leave our sights until sometime around Easter! For my kids, this may be their only chance to see snow this YEAR! So, at 10:30 tonight, we made the decision to wake ’em up, get ’em dressed, and let ’em play.
I know…I’m living on the parental edge these days.
Unfortunately, it was like trying to rouse limp lettuce. Neither one of them “came to” long enough to be aware of what we were saying. As soon as they both crawled back under their covers, Jeremy and I went outside to build a snowman.
Isn’t he a beauty? You can still see the snow falling in the background. And what’s even more amazing is that we were able to build him without so much as a footprint in the snow!
So much for our great idea to make a mini-man and capture the shot in such a way that makes it look like a big one in our yard. Details. Details.
I really don’t remember the last time we’ve had enough snow to build a real life size snowman. Usually we can barely scrape up a few slush balls before everything freezes over or melts. For right now, I’m just hoping it stays cold enough overnight that Savannah and Emery will be able to play in it in the morning.
