Creativity is Fun

There are always some things that one must do with snow. One is to make a snow angel. We didn't. The kids had no proper clothing to survive a dive into the snow with our accompanying colds and coughing. Not to mention I liked the pristine beauty of our untrampled yard. It's very picturesque in a suburbia ranch neighborhood sorta way.

Another must do is build a snowman. Our neighbors did a great job. They built snowmen. Normal looking ones with coal (or charcoal, or rocks based on availability) and vegetables used as facial features. How very Frosty-ish. You're half expecting one of them to jump up and exclaim "Happy Birthday!" Okay not really, but you get the point. They're normal looking snowmen for a general population not accustomed to building such creatures.



Like this one.


And this one.

This one.

Yes, even this one.

Now to our pristine yard. Remember it? I stepped gingerly around and took pictures of it for my own personal imaginary postcard, then went to take a short nap. I'm sick and must get plenty of healing rest. When I awoke I noticed the snowman haven our yard has become. All four boys (yes, even the tall 40-something one) took part in recreating the suburbia ranch neighborhood version of Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons. Bill Watterson is considered a genius in our home, and his books are part of our Classic Literature collection.

So enjoy our lifelike recreation of his work as it transformed my lovely winterscape.