Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

It was COLD yesterday!  So, so, so cold.  Today, however, it warmed up just enough to start melting the snow {and by warmed up I'm only talking mid-30s here}, and the resulting leftover mix lent itself perfectly to the task of being built up into a snowman.  Jane has been DYING to make one for two days now, and this evening, I finally made all her dreams come true.  :)  We built one together in the backyard, using a carrot for the nose and frozen cherries for the eyes and mouth, and then Jane scampered around to the front yard to join the fun with the big kids where they were snow-ing it up as well.  They definitely put all their new gloves to good use!  :)

 {Our front yard is a downward slope to the street.  Sledding down it understandably makes me nervous.  They've solved the problem by making their sledding track run right into the mailbox -- the perfect barrier.  It stops them every time.  Hahaha.}