We got a considerable amount of snow over the past weekend. I must qualify that - we got a considerable amount of snow FOR THE SOUTH last weekend. It was really just a "normal winter" for what I grew up with, but down here, it was a lot.

Enough to make a snow man!

Unfortunately, it wasn't very good packing snow, despite how wet it felt and the amount of slush present on the streets. Because of this, the kids quickly got bored, and instead took cues from Daddy and pelted me with snow balls as I tried to sculpt the masterpiece.



Once the body was formed, they were very helpful in placing his hat, scarf, face, and arms. The face is where the vampire comes in. We used blueberries for the eyes, celery for the nose, and cherries for the mouth. What I didn't account for was the dark juice of the berries. The kids pushed a bit too hard as they were placing the features, and burst the berries. Of course, you all know how dark blueberry and cherry juice is. Well, the cherry juice "bled" down the snowman's chin, giving him a distinctly vampiric appearance!

The kids still loved him though!



And of course, once Daddy was done shoveling and the snowman was built, we had to do a bit of sledding. We really should purchase a sled - those garbage can lids just don't have the go-power necessary!



All in all, a fun southern snow day!