Once there was a snowman!

Although this title has been used recently by other bloggers I know, it still seemed appropriate for this entry. We have been getting SO MUCH snow lately. My mom is starting to think that perhaps it rivals The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Anyway, with our day off of school for Martin Luther King Day last week, Joseph and Austin went out to the front yard to make a snowman with the new 15" of snow we received the night before. Notice the extreme temperature genes that my husband has as he built the snowman in shorts when the snow was up to his knees. I was almost surprised he even put shoes on - I'm not even joking. Austin didn't get all of his genes, just most of them. He stayed outside for about an hour before getting too cold. He went back out once the snowman was finished for a close up look. As a side note, Austin just learned the song "Once There Was a Snowman" in nursery. It is his new favorite song. Maybe he has a greater appreciation for it since he has helped build his own snowman...