The One-eyed 3 yr-old Snowman

For Michigan, this winter has been disappointing. Well, western MI has been dumped on multiple times, but eastern MI barely has the grass covered. My theory is, if its going to be this cold, there might as well be enough snow on the ground to play with! It has been weird too that we only get 1 inch at a time. Adam has loved that. I am pretty sure that during the last two weeks, while he has been on vacation, that he would have rather shoveled 6 inches in one shot off of our long driveway than 1 inch every other day. It seems like he has been suiting up to shovel more in the last few weeks than ever.

The good thing is that Adalin LOVES to go outside and play in the snow. She will even get herself all suited up without asking for help because she loves it so much. Fine with me. Adam and I had a conversation a while ago about how we want our kids to like playing outside in the winter. We did it and so should they. I remember playing outside for hours as a child in the winter, building networks of caves and snow slides. Fun times.

A few days ago, after Ad shoveled another measly inch, they decided to stop waiting for the good MI snow dumping and just build a snowman.

He is small. The smallest snowman I think I have ever had standing in my yard. But what can you do when you don't have the snow for a big monster snowman? Build a mini one. I told the girls that he is 3 because he is shorter than Adalin (4) but taller than Kira (2). They agreed. Yes, he is definitely 3.