The Sweetest Little Snowman in All of the Land

Snowmen come in all sizes including handheld. I built this guy with the little bit of snow that fell recently and quickly asked Lily to come join me outside to model his size for me. I braided a scarf with some scrap wool, used peppercorns for eyes and buttons, cut the end off of a tiny carrot and used a blade of grass for a smile. We declared him the Sweetest snowman in all of the land. So cute!!!

Magic

Is there anything better than waking up to your world blanketed in snow!? What magic it brings. Recently we were treated to a rather large dump of the white stuff that stuck around for close to a week. As we don't see it very often, everything (school and work) sort of shut down for a few days and going anywhere only happened if totally necessary.  We didn't have much to worry about other than making snowman, feeding the birds and enjoying it. Snow brings quiet and stillness. The beach was heavenly but cold.  The roads were dead.  We'd go outside for a walk then head back in and return to our jammies, drinking lots of hot tea and chocolate. We watched lots of movies and put together a lot of lego. Lily drew and wrote, Jackson played a load of video games. We read. It was blissful and I have to admit I was sad to see it go. There are rumours of more coming our way in March. It seems hard to imagine as I look out my window now to beautiful sunshine and the bluest skies but we shall see.
Enjoy some Boomerang snow silliness below.

                    

Snow

Powell River was transformed into a perfect winter wonderland on Sunday and  Monday. Rarely does it snow and even more rarely does it stick around longer then a few hours. They were a beautiful couple days my only regret being that I didn't call in sick for work and allow the kids a snow day from school so we could play as long as we wanted. We made the most of the time we had. I'm sad my good camera was at home with a dead battery but I'm happy to have some iPhone shots that turned out well. There are still bit of snow on the ground here and there and lots of snowmen and women still standing. Snow makes everything seem magical and I wish we got a taste of it more often.