Some Snow Benefits

Our bowls are quickly filling up--we're getting more than the inch that was predicted--and we've made the first snowman of the year! In fact, we used the bowls, pooling the collected snow in other containers, to shape his body and head. To this we added button eyes, carrot nose, corn cob pipe ("Mom, what is this?"), hat, and scarf. He's in the front yard, ready to greet Mama when she comes home midday. We've ordered pizza, eaten a few more cupcakes, and are taking a breather from running around outside in the rapidly-falling snow that was perfect for our snowball fight. We had fun chasing each other around, looking at individual flakes on our coats, and following each other's tracks. We'll go out again later, I promised.