If I’ve learned anything, it’s that it’s tough to feel like I’m on vacation when I’m at home.
It doesn’t help that I spent the morning working and that I’m on call more than I’d like to be.
It’s also just hard for me to be home and not do things like tackle the laundry that’s been piling up or, what I did today, clean out the fridge. Seriously, it needed it.
But my kids make it impossible to not have at least a little fun. After art projects, video games, imaginary play, and a couple meals, the kids headed outside to build some of the largest snowballs I’d ever seen them push around the yard.
After they started using the snowballs as platforms, I realized there was no way I was going to be able to lift the midsection up on my own. Indeed, I had to wait until Sim got home. And even with the two of us, it took several tries to get that sucker up and secured with packed snow.
We added legs (and boots) for good measure, which put our gentle snow giant at more than 5 feet tall, while sitting. If you include the legs, he’s about seven feet long.
Future Farmgirl built a little snow dog as a companion. He’s super cute.
I’m hoping to get better photos in the morning when the sun comes back out and when our snow clothes are dry.
Virtual Farmgirl 