I admit it, I was really annoyed that Nicholas didn't have school today for a professional development day. It is bad enough that they are closed for Presidents' Day, but how am I supposed to get my work done when they create a 4-day weekend and my workload remains the same?
But it turns out that today was a gorgeous 50+ degree day with bright sun and very little wind. Beautiful! So after he spent the morning at our office and then he and I had lunch at home, I decided to take advantage of weather that didn't make me dread being in the snow to let him build the snowman he had been asking about for a week.
It turns out that 50 degree weather is perfect for building a snowman. Not only could I tolerate actually being outside for the hour it took us, but the snow had gotten wet enough that we could easily pack it. (It had actually gotten really dense with all the settling and melting this week, which was fine for building the snowman, but made adding food for accents a bit tricky.)
And so he and I had a blast! And I carefully chose a spot to build near a metal box that doubled as a camera stand, so I actually have some pictures! I am way too impressed with myself, but that is how low the bar has fallen.
Our finished product:
A baby carrot for the nose, grape tomatoes for the eyes, actual grapes for the button, and sticks for the mouth and arms. And of course a scarf. All of that except for the mouth stick were Nicholas' ideas. He wanted to use a row of grapes for the mouth but it had been so tricky to get all the other pieces on that I wanted to simplify. The hat was my artistic contribution. I know.
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