Snow Day and the snowman killer

I don't know about everyone else, but I am more than ready for Spring! Even the torrential downpours we get here in the Pacific Northwest during Spring. Really, just anything for temps above freezing and some moisture in the air {my skin has been so dry and my hair just doesn't curl the same - excellent reasons, I know!} as well as a few sunny days. But, alas, last Thursday we were "blessed" with some snow. Ethan hadn't really played in snow since he was a baby, so there was a lot of excitement to have more than an inch of white stuff in the yard! Of course, I had been on my death bed since Tuesday with a nasty cold so I wasn't exactly gung-ho to go outside, but I did it out of love for my child, well.... that and I wanted some pictures of Ethan in the snow, but as far as he's concerned, it was all out of love!

Bundling up was a must... then I realized Ethan's only water-proof pants were in the backseat of the Explorer. "It's ok," I thought, "we'll add an extra layer and make due." Then I realized his boots were also in the Explorer! Normally, this would not be a problem as the Explorer usually stays home with us but I knew we wouldn't be going anywhere and we wanted Sean to have a safer commute, seeing as the Honda has practically bald front tires!

First things first, Ethan was all about making snow angels!

Then we tried making snowballs, but Ethan was having a hard time getting his to stick together so he moved on to just running around in the snow.

I should've known Ethan wouldn't let me stand idly by just taking pictures and it wasn't long before he was requesting a snowman. I obliged. And Ethan helped put on the snowman's face.A carrot nose is a must!Isn't he cute?! Ethan's not too bad looking either. Ha!!

Ethan stole frosty's nose......it ended up other random places - carrot heart, anyone? And you can see our snowman startled to crack...

...it toppled shortly thereafter!

And Ethan continued to destroy poor frosty!

Last picture before going in. Please look at the cute boy next to me and not my make-up-free, been-sick-for-three-days, completely-exhausted face. I went inside and crashed on the couch for an hour while Ethan watched a movie. Building that snowman wore this cold-infected mama out!
At least it was beautiful to look at!