Snow Angels and Snowman

The kids came for the weekend a couple of weeks ago.  They helped grandma make snow angels for my first time and we made an attempt at my first snowman.  I did not know that there were different kinds of snowfall.  I know it looks different at times, but evidently there is snow that is good for skiing and snow that is good for snowball fights and making snowmen.  Well, it would have been great if we wanted to ski, but the snowman is a little short... you'll see in the pictures below.  The kids did do sledding on the hill with the neighbor kids, had a blast!



We played dominoes, just a few games, then the kids started
stacking them.  They had fun being pretty creative.



Raegan was very pleased when she got them as high as
she wanted and they actually didn't fall.

Ryland and Raegan in the foreground, Eli and Emma are uphill.  They had
a blast sledding down and we had fun watching them.  They
really get going fast sometimes!



The first snow angel I've ever made!!!  Well, the first one wasn't
exactly clear enough to see by the time I stood up from it.  There
is evidently an art to standing up and leaving the angel on
the snow behind you.



We gave it a valiant try, but the snow was just way too powdery.
  We used coals from the fireplace for his face.  He looks more
like "Slimer" from Ghostbusters.  If I had thought he'd turn
out like this, I would have gotten green food coloring and sprayed
him green.  Had a blast tho, a couple of powdery snowballs
were thrown in the process.