Christmas 2010...Snow Fun

If the snow is going to keep us home on Christmas Day, we might as well enjoy it, right!?! It was a bit cold and windy outside, but we ventured out to try out one of the kids' Christmas presents. Uncle Matt had gotten them snow/sand molds. Joey couldn't quite handle them by himself, but Marie could use the smaller molds. Marie had just as much fun using the shovel and helping to fill the trash can which was brought in as an impromptu mold to aid in the building process.



Here Joey is "hiding" behind one of the walls in its initial phase as Jon "threw" snowballs at him.

Uncle Matt, Jon, and Grandpa did most of the actual building. I think they enjoyed it as much as the kids! When they were done with the fort, it had three walls, towers, and a door, just the right size for Joey and Marie. It must have reminded Marie of grocery shopping though, because she started calling it a deli. As the construction neared completion, Joey and Marie were taking care of any of our food and beverage needs, ranging from snow cones, to chicken soup, to pastrami sandwiches.




In the days to come, we would have to check on the fort (deli) whenever we went outside. It held up pretty well. Here you can see that after four days a lot of the other snow and melted and yet it was still standing!