Into the Snow: Round 2

The last time we attempted snow it didn't go well.  It was 45 mintues of getting dressed, 7 minutes of enjoying, and another 45 mintues of going in the house, undressing, rewarming, and pouting because I actually had the gall to have them out in the elements.  Bad momma. 
So a couple weeks later we try again, only this time on the warming trend of the snowstorm.  It was actually in the 50's so the weather was perfect AND the snow was perfect.  Maddie has been asking all winter for the snowman...so it was time that she got it.

It really only took about 15 mintues to roll him up and put him together.  The rest of the time the kids just packed snow on him to make him bigger and more harmoniously proportioned. 

Don't mess with her snowman.  She means business.

What a beautiful snowman!!

A jolly happy fellow!

Maddie finally has her snowman.

CHEESE!

So we played and packed snow for an hour or so, and then they played in the sand/snow box.  After that was lunch and naps.  During that time of course, the temp kept going up, and by the time Maddie got up from her nap, her snowman's face had already fallen off. 

"Momma what happen to Snowman?!"

"Well baby, he's melting because it's warm outside."

"Oh.  Will he get better?"

"ehem.  Well.  No.  Actually he'll probably get quite worse."

"SNOOOOOOOWWMAAAANNNNNN"

Luckily I have pictures of him for her that have gotten her through these tough times of watching him melt in a slow and painful process right outside the kitchen window.  Every meal she has to see him mutate down to a blob of grassy mess.  Sorry Mad.  It was fun the 30 minutes it lasted.