Do You Want to Build Jeffy the Snowmannnnnn?

The weather was so beautiful and snowy last Sunday that I felt compelled to get G out of the house to soak in some sunshine. Let's set the stage...it was Groundhog Day and Phil did NOT see his shadow (hooray!) There were bright blue skies, an air temp of 42 degrees, and a wind chill of 34 degrees...all in all, not a horrible February day in Minnesota. We've certainly seen worse!

We trekked over to the neighborhood park, and slogged through the slushy, yet crunchy, snow of the parking lot to the play area. G explored the forgotten play equipment, and he made the tiniest snowman imaginable. Seriously. It was a snowball. He was saving all of his snowman-making skills for the adventure that was waiting back at home. Scott had promised him they would build a big snowman once we got back from the park. And so they did! Even Ava joined in the fun (I was so happy to see her come out of the house and have some outside activity time.)

There was some debate over his name, but we went with Jeffy. Ava does not accept that name since that's what G picked. Sigh....

I'm not really sure why Scott gave Jeffy a carrot mohawk, but I think it add character? Maybe? In any case, the coal fell off of Jeffy's face, and Scott took most of the carrots away and put them under our front porch (we know there are bunnies there), so now we're left with a snowman with two arms, two carrot horns, and a nose. Super weird to see that every day this week as I arrive at home...but at least he's guarding the house well. :)

On a non-weather note...we had a nice surprise when we got our weekly local paper on Friday. The Dance-Twirl team was featured as winning the state championship in several events, and Ava's picture was in the paper! The pic was from two events prior, and Ava's Performance Team didn't win the state title, but shhhh, no one needs to know that but you and me... :) It was neat seeing her pic in the paper, regardless!

Today is a typical Feb day, as we are in the middle of a serious snowstorm. Scott's got his plow hooked up, and will be taking G plowing with him this later this morning. Fun stuff, but I'm happy I get to stay at home and watch the snow fall from the inside.

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