Saturday, March 08, 2008
SNOW!!!
IT SNOWED!!! IT SNOWED!!!
We got snow yesterday for the first time in 8 years! It was the first time that the boys ever saw snow that they could remember. They were absolutely wild with excitement! They started off jumping on the trampoline throwing snowballs at each other and running around in the backyard playing with Sherman (who was also wild with excitement). Then they moved to the front yard to build a snowman. Grey did most of the actual building while Ely offered a steady dose of encouraging destruction. The laugher never stopped! They were completely giddy. The snowman was named Mr. Smell. As I watched my children having so much fun working on their snowman, my mind drifted back some 30-odd years to my sisters and I building our own snowmen in our front yard. I remember us paying such careful attention to every detail and building our snowmen with all the TLC that 4 girls could give. Boys, I discovered, relate to snowmen quite differently. Mr. Smell never did get a face. A hat and scarf were more than sufficient to cover his lumpy half-smushed head. The shutter on my camera had barely snapped a quick picture before Mr. Smell became the target in a snowball competition to see who could be the first to knock his head off. A pick-up game of snow-football finally ended poor Mr. Smell's short life as he found out that bystanders on football fields often get tackled.
I have pictures of all these events and many others....
Ely throwing snowballs at me (as I look at him through the window) and exploding into laughter as his snowballs stick to the window.
John pulling the boys on a tube behind the 4-wheeler all over the pasture this morning..... now that was some SERIOUS FUN! I don't have many pictures because my camera battery died, but just trust me when I say, "John is the king of fun ideas!"
And finally, just some random pictures of snow-covered things around my house. Since it will probably be another decade before we get any snow here again, I kind of went crazy with my photo documentation....
enjoy!
Who's woods are these? I think I know. His house is in the village though. He will not see me stopping here to watch his woods fill up with snow....
We got snow yesterday for the first time in 8 years! It was the first time that the boys ever saw snow that they could remember. They were absolutely wild with excitement! They started off jumping on the trampoline throwing snowballs at each other and running around in the backyard playing with Sherman (who was also wild with excitement). Then they moved to the front yard to build a snowman. Grey did most of the actual building while Ely offered a steady dose of encouraging destruction. The laugher never stopped! They were completely giddy. The snowman was named Mr. Smell. As I watched my children having so much fun working on their snowman, my mind drifted back some 30-odd years to my sisters and I building our own snowmen in our front yard. I remember us paying such careful attention to every detail and building our snowmen with all the TLC that 4 girls could give. Boys, I discovered, relate to snowmen quite differently. Mr. Smell never did get a face. A hat and scarf were more than sufficient to cover his lumpy half-smushed head. The shutter on my camera had barely snapped a quick picture before Mr. Smell became the target in a snowball competition to see who could be the first to knock his head off. A pick-up game of snow-football finally ended poor Mr. Smell's short life as he found out that bystanders on football fields often get tackled.
I have pictures of all these events and many others....
Ely throwing snowballs at me (as I look at him through the window) and exploding into laughter as his snowballs stick to the window.
John pulling the boys on a tube behind the 4-wheeler all over the pasture this morning..... now that was some SERIOUS FUN! I don't have many pictures because my camera battery died, but just trust me when I say, "John is the king of fun ideas!"
And finally, just some random pictures of snow-covered things around my house. Since it will probably be another decade before we get any snow here again, I kind of went crazy with my photo documentation....
enjoy!
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Very cool, Cindy!
Those boys would have had a blast, up here, as we got 3 - 6 inches (Memphis area).
But it'll all by gone by tomorrow, as we're heading back to Spring-like temps.
Those boys would have had a blast, up here, as we got 3 - 6 inches (Memphis area).
But it'll all by gone by tomorrow, as we're heading back to Spring-like temps.
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now that is some SERIOUS FUN STUFF going on in mississippi! as hilarious and great as the pictures were, i'm still chuckling at the apt description of the difference in girls and boys approaches to snowmen. so very true... love you guys!
it's almost grey's birthday as i type this! yeah!
love,
bon
it's almost grey's birthday as i type this! yeah!
love,
bon
Great pics Cindy! Thanks for sharing. I'm glad you are making memories.
Love and miss you,
Emelia
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Love and miss you,
Emelia
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